The Half-Way House

Detached nine-bay two-storey building, c.1840, possibly originally Bianconi Posting Station or Royal Irish Constabulary barracks and originally accommodating three separate three-bay two-storey units with two-bay two-storey side elevations. Now disused and partly derelict. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having replacement uPVC downpipe, c.1990. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered quoins to ends. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and remains of 1/1 timber sash windows having timber boarded panels over. Square-headed door openings now boarded-up. Interior stripped with dividing walls, floors, and internal joinery removed, and plaster to coved ceiling mostly disintegrated (exposing construction underneath). Set back from road in shared grounds cut into sloping site.

A well-composed substantial building, the original purpose of which is uncertain, but with possibilities including a Bianconi Posting Station or a Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks. While some of the original fabric remains intact, particularly to the exterior, the removal of much of the fittings and features from the interior has compromised some of the historic interest of the site.