Survey Data
Reg No
14802025
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Water tower
Date
1850 - 1870
Coordinates
225565, 232194
Date Recorded
28/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached water tower, erected c.1860, to the south of Clara Railway Station. Roughly dressed snecked limestone walls with tooled limestone quoins. Round-headed door opening with yellow brick surround with double timber battened doors and blind fanlight. Tower surmounted by cast-iron water tank.
Appraisal
This water tower, standing to the south of Clara Railway Station, is a fine example of the skill that was used in the building of the rail network across Ireland. Built at a time when trains were powered by steam, every station across Ireland had similar towers. Though these water towers were built out of necessity, skill and design went into their construction, which can be seen very clearly in this fine example with its rock-faced supporting walls, tooled limestone quoins and round-headed door opening with yellow brick surround and the cast-iron water container.