The Barracks — Main Street

The saved account records: Set back slightly back from road adjacent to Ballyshannon Bridge (40852064) on the north bank of the River Erne, and to the south end of Main Street.

The saved account records: Detached six-bay two-storey (formerly five-bay) over concealed basement former infantry barracks on T-shaped plan, dated 1700 and altered c. 1753-6 and c. 1765, having two adjoining four-bay two-storey over basement returns to the rear (west).

The saved account records: Lantern rooflight on octagonal-plan having hipped roof over to the rear of main block

The saved account records: Roughcast rendered walls with battered roughcast rendered plinth, and having flush ashlar/torus course between ground and first floor levels and a pulvinated stringcourse/sill course at ground floor level to main (east) and south elevations

The Barracks — Main Street matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This important and imposing former infantry barracks is one of the oldest surviving examples of its type still extant in Ireland. It survives in relatively good condition, despite some alterations and additions (mainly) to the front elevation – and its division into multiple properties - and its original form and architectural character are still easily discerned. The good quality channelled stone surround to the main doorway, which is of artistic merit, provides a central focus and helps give this building an air of authority that befits its original military function, while the cannon and arms motifs to the… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.