Cathal Brugha Barracks — Military Road

Detached single-storey gable-fronted guard house to south, built c.1860, and three-bay single-storey guard house to north, built c.1910, having gatescreen immediately to east, and further gatescreen to east of this. Pitched slate and artificial slate roofs having terracotta ridge cresting, cast-iron rainwater goods, and granite coping to south guard house. Red brick laid in English bond to guard house to north. Snecked cut calp limestone to guard house to south. Recent plaques to walls. Square-headed window openings to guard house to north, having masonry sills, eight-over-eight pane timber sash windows, and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door opening to front (south) elevation, having half-glazed timber panelled door. Segmental-headed door opening to front (west) elevation of guard house to south, having cut calp limestone voussoirs, half-glazed timber panelled door and sidelights, approached by granite steps. Pair of double-leaf cast-iron gates flanked by square-profile channelled granite piers, surmounted by cast-iron lamp standards. Matching railings on snecked calp limestone plinth walls with granite copings, steel pedestrian gate to north, flanked by matching square-profile granite piers having ball finials. Plaque commemorating Francis Sheehy Skeffington to front of pier. Gatescreen to east, comprising double-leaf cast-iron gate flanked by square-profile granite piers surmounted by cast-iron lamp standards, with matching railings on calp limestone walls having granite copings, having matching pedestrian gate to north, and screen flanked by square-profile granite piers. Further gatescreen to east, comprising double-leaf cast-iron gates, flanked by square-profile granite piers with lamp standards, plinth walls with cast-iron railings, and pedestrian gate to north.