The Barracks

Detached T-plan three-bay two-storey RIC barracks, built c.1855, having entrance and staircase in projecting bay to front elevation and with later single-storey addition to northeast. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks to gables. Roughcast lime render to walls. Replacement timber sliding sash six-over-six pane windows having some two-over-two pane windows to first floor, with label-mouldings and limestone sills and replacement timber battened door with loop to one side. Small yard to rear enclosed by random limestone walls.

This mid-nineteenth-century purpose-built barracks is sited on a prominent position on a small rise just south of the village of Coolbawn. Although converted for use as a house the original form and character of the building have been retained, with slate roof and lime render preserved to the exterior. Windows have been replaced with timber sashes which help to preserve the original appearance of the building.