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Sligo County Gaol

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Sligo County Gaol
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Detached three-bay three-storey marshalsea, built 1826, on a T-shaped plan; single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey central return (west). Vacated, 1956. Now in alternative use. Hipped slate roof; hipped slate roof (west), clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part repointed coursed rubble limestone walls with margined tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Remodelled square-headed central door opening with margined tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on keystone framing six-over-six timber sash window. Square-headed window openings with margined dragged cut-limestone sills, and margined tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six or six-over-three (top floor) timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (west) with margined dragged cut-limestone sills, and margined tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in shared grounds.

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