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Cathal Brugha Barracks — Military Road

officers' mess
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Cathal Brugha Barracks — Military Road
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Attached nine-bay three-storey officers' mess, built c.1810, having two-bay two-storey wing to south, eighteen-bay two-storey range to north and later flat-roofed porch with balustrade forming balcony to front (east) elevation. Returns and single-storey red brick extension to rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof having terracotta ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render plinth course. Yellow brick laid in Flemish bond to front porch having brick Doric pilasters supporting entablature and cornice, with granite coping and cast-iron balustrade. Square-headed window openings, render reveals, masonry sills, two-over-two pane and six-over-six pane timber sash windows, tripartite timber sash windows, and replacement uPVC windows. Bay window to front. Segmental-headed door opening to porch south elevation having glazed timber framed door and overlight, approached by granite steps. Square-headed door openings to front, having cut granite Gibbsian surrounds, timber battened doors and overlights, with cast-iron bootscrapes.

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