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Cathal Brugha Barracks — Military Road

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Cathal Brugha Barracks — Military Road
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Detached four-bay two-storey ordnance group headquarters, built c.1890, having gable-fronted end-bay to south, lean-to two-storey porch to north of this to front (west) elevation, gable-fronted single-storey with dormer attic range to north, lean-to single-storey porch to front of this. Pitched slate roofs with decorative terracotta ridge cresting, red brick chimneystacks, timber bargeboards, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Raised barge having granite coping to main block. Gabled half-dormer windows to north and south elevations of north range. Red brick laid in English bond to walls, having black brick plinth course. Segmental-headed carriage-arch to north elevation, now blocked. Segmental-headed niches to plinth flanking carriage-arch, with remains of cast-iron bootscrapes. Evidence for demolished wing to south elevation. Segmental-headed window openings having granite sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed unglazed openings to apices of end-bay to south. Segmental-headed door opening to front, with bull-nosed surround, half-glazed timber panelled door and tripartite overlight. Segmental-headed niche to plinth beside door, with cast-iron bootscrape. Segmental-headed door opening to north elevation of front porch, having half-glazed timber panelled door and granite steps. Square-headed door openings to south elevation of north range, with half-glazed timber panelled door and timber panelled door having louvered vents.

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