National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks — Benburb Street

Detached twelve-bay three-storey former military barracks, built c.1710, rebuilt c.1790, having single-storey porch to front (west) elevation and toilet block extensions built c.1890 to rear (east) elevation. Now in use as offices. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks. Coursed dressed rubble calp limestone walls with dressed calp limestone block-and-start quoins and render plinth course. Red brick, laid in English Garden Wall bond, to toilet block to second floor to rear, supported on cast-iron frame. Snecked rock-faced rusticated stone walls to toilet block to south end of rear elevation. 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 having granite sills, red brick voussoirs and four-over-four pane timber sash windows to red brick extension to rear, square-headed window openings with render surrounds and one-over-one and two-over-two pane timber sash windows to stone extension to rear. 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 opening to front, granite surround, half-glazed timber panelled door, carved granite lintels and spoked fanlight over, two granite steps. Square-headed door opening to north of porch, render surround, half-glazed timber panelled door, rendered steps. Square-headed door opening to rear, render surround, timber battened door.