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Cathal Brugha Barracks — Military Road

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Cathal Brugha Barracks — Military Road
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Detached L-plan seven-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c.1860, having glazed veranda over front (west) and north elevations, and full-height return to rear (east) elevation. Now in use as interpretative centre. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, terracotta ridge tiles and granite coping. Snecked calp limestone walls, with red brick laid in English bond to return to rear. Cast-iron post box, having insignia of Queen Victoria, inserted to north elevation. Square-headed window openings with yellow brick block-and-start surrounds, granite sills and six-over-six pane timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to return, having granite sills and steel framed windows. Square-headed door openings with yellow brick block-and-start surrounds, timber battened doors and overlights. Glazed canopy supported on cast-iron columns.

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