Castlebar Infantry Barracks

Detached fifteen-bay three-storey officers' quarters blockhouse, sanctioned 1828; under construction 1831; extant 1838, on a symmetrical plan with pair of single-bay single-storey projecting porches to ground floor. Burnt, 1922. Restored, 1927-34. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay or terracotta ridge tiles, drag edged tooled limestone ashlar chimney stacks centred on paired drag edged tooled limestone ashlar chimney stacks having cut-limestone stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on cut-limestone eaves retaining some cast-iron downpipes. Repointed tuck pointed coursed or snecked limestone walls with drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed opposing door openings with drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing replacement timber panelled doors. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central halls retaining limestone flagged floors. Set in shared grounds with tarmacadam parade ground.