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garda station/constabulary barracks — Ahane

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garda station/constabulary barracks — Ahane
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Detached two- or five-bay two-storey barrack, built 1825, on a rectangular plan; single-bay two-storey side elevations. In alternative use, 1837. In alternative use, 1888. Renovated, ----, to accommodate alternative use. Now disused. Replacement hipped artificial slate roof with ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rubble stone walls originally rendered with hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Series of five elliptical-headed openings on tooled hammered or rough hewn limestone piers on benchmark-inscribed tooled cut-limestone plinths with lichen-spotted tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs. Square-headed central door opening in camber-headed recess with limewashed red brick voussoirs framing timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings in camber-headed recesses (first floor) with shallow sills, and hammered limestone voussoirs framing replacement timber casement windows. Road fronted.

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