Collins Barracks — Benburb Street

Detached twelve-bay three-storey military barracks, built c.1710, rebuilt c.1790, having single-storey porch to front (east) elevation and two-bay toilet block extensions added c.1890 to rear (west) elevation. Now disused. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble calp limestone walls, dressed calp limestone block-and-start quoins. Granite plinth course. Red brick, laid in English Garden Wall bond, to toilet blocks to rear, lined-and-ruled render to porch to front. Square-headed window openings, granite sills, surrounds and six-over-six pane timber sash windows. Some cast-iron railings to ground floor window openings. Square-headed window openings, granite sills, red brick voussoirs and four-over-four pane timber sash windows to toilet blocks. Square-headed window opening to front of porch, render surround, granite sill and tripartite timber sash window, comprising central six-over-six pane timber sash window flanked by two-over-two pane sidelights. Round-headed door openings to front, granite surrounds, half-glazed timber panelled doors, carved granite lintels and spoked fanlights over. Square-headed door openings to front, rear (west) elevation and to north of porch, dressed granite surrounds, timber battened door to rear, blocked to front, timber panelled door to porch. Door to rear accessed via perron with cut granite steps.