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Andrew McClelland 02/04/2003 00:00:00

HB Ref No:
HB12/12/028

Address
5 MAIN ST. GARRISON Enniskillen CO.FERMANAGH

Townland:

Status:
Currently at Risk

Listing Grade:
B2

HARNI Number:
HARNI 12/12/001

Conservation Area:
No

Condition:
Fair

Industrial Archeology:

Occupancy:
Vacant

Vernacular:

Degree of Risk:
Moderate

Thatched:
No

Availability:
Unavailable

Monument:

Current Building Use:

Derelict:

Description

The former post office in Garrison first appeared as a building at risk in Buildings at Risk, Vol. 3, p. 68, some three years after it had been listed for being “a well proportioned and well conserved urban vernacular building, given added interest by the unusual feature of paired windows at ground floor level”. The windows are now no longer visible, as all of the openings having been securely boarded up with vinyl inserts. The building is in the process of being repaired by the owner where care and attention to detail is being taken to the repair of the building and the building is now water tight. It served as a post office from 1902 until closure in 1970, the owner of the building hopes to make the building his home and in due course the former post office is soon to be saved. Garrison is said to derive its name from a barrack that was erected in the neighbourhood by King William’s army after the battle of Aughrim. Although described by Rowan as a rather “haphazard” village, it is pleasantly situated by the shore of Lough Melvin, and its economic fortunes have taken a turn for the better. Refs: MBR O.S. Memoirs of Ireland, Parishes of County Fermanagh II, Vol. 14, p. 74 Rowan, A., North West Ulster, Penguin, 1979, p. 302