Sligo County Gaol

Prison/jail in Sligo, Ireland, dating from 1810–1820

Remains of gaol, built 1815-8; opened 1818, including series of five six-bay two-storey cell blocks on a polygonal plan; six-bay three-storey "pavilion" on a rectangular plan with six-bay three-storey rear (west) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Closed, 1956. Partly demolished, 1981. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, limestone chimney stacks on repointed cut-limestone chamfered bases having cut-limestone stringcourses below capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes; hipped slate roof ("pavilion") with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone walls on overgrown cut-limestone plinth with cut-limestone stringcourse; part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone walls ("pavilion") with margined tooled hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Paired square-headed door openings with overgrown thresholds, and margined tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds framing replacement timber boarded doors having overlights behind cast-iron bars. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with margined tooled cut-limestone sills, and margined tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on keystones framing six-over-six timber sash windows behind cast-iron bars. Square-h

Type:
Prison/jail

Period:
1810–1820

Where:
Sligo, Ireland

Coordinates:
54.27°N, 8.46°W

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