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Cathal Brugha Barracks — Military Road

hospital/infirmary
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Cathal Brugha Barracks — Military Road
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Detached nine-bay two-storey former military hospital, built c.1810, having full-height projecting entrance bay to front (west) elevation and gabled full-height return to rear (east) elevation. Pitched slate roof having decorative terracotta ridge cresting, raised render coping, cast-iron rainwater goods, and calp limestone eaves course. Snecked calp limestone walls. Cut calp limestone to porch to front, having cut calp limestone plinth course and cut granite parapet and cornice. Rendered walls to extension to rear. Square-headed window openings, having yellow brick surrounds, granite sills and six-over-six pane timber sash windows. Square-headed door openings to north elevation of porch, with cut calp limestone voussoirs, double-leaf timber panelled door and granite steps with cast-iron bootscrape. Square-headed door opening to interior of porch, having painted masonry surround, timber panelled door and overlight. Timber staircase to hallway to interior.

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