Sligo County Gaol

Detached three-bay two-storey governor's house, built 1815-8, on a T-shaped plan with two-bay two-storey side elevations; single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey central return on an elongated half-octagonal plan (north). Modified, 1854, producing present composition. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Vacated, 1956. Now in alternative use. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan abutting half-octagonal slate roof behind parapet (north), lichen-spotted clay ridge tiles, rendered central chimney stack having stringcourse below ogee cornice capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part repointed coursed rubble limestone walls on cut-limestone chamfered plinth with margined tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners; part repointed coursed rubble stone walls (north) on cut-limestone chamfered plinth with margined tooled cut-limestone quoins to corners supporting cut-limestone stringcourse below parapet. Square-headed central door opening with three margined tooled cut-limestone steps, cut-limestone doorcase with tapered pilasters on plinths supporting pediment on blind frieze on entablature framing timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with margined dragged cut-limestone sills, and margined tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on keystones framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (north) with margined dragged cut-limestone sills, and margined tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on keystones framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in shared grounds.