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Remains of Ballina Military Barracks, built 1740; extant 1786, on a quadrangular plan including (west): Façade of detached five-bay two-storey coach house-cum-stable outbuilding[?] on a symmetrical plan. Renovated to accommodate alternative use. Now disused. Replacement hipped fibre-cement slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Roughcast walls with drag edged dragged cut-limestone quoins to corners. Series of three segmental-headed central carriageways (ground floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start archivolts centred on keystones framing replacement fixed-pane timber fittings. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on triple keystones framing timber casement windows. Set in own grounds with tarmacadam carpark to parade ground.

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