Survey Data
Reg No
22107008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Store/warehouse
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
177328, 133979
Date Recorded
01/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached seven-bay railway goods shed, built c.1880. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods, limestone copings and decorative brick eaves course. Red brick walls with chamfered limestone quoins. Segmental-headed openings, now blocked, with red brick voussoirs. Second multiple-bay double-height goods shed to east, also derelict, built c.1940, having single-storey extension to north-east. Pitched cement-tile roof with timber bargeboards to gables, concrete block chimneystack, cast-iron rainwater goods, and canopies to long elevations. Smooth rendered walls with concrete block wall to northwest elevation, square-headed fixed windows and timber battened doors. Both buildings located to side of railway line.
Appraisal
These railway goods sheds were designed to be functional. They have features common to such structures, such as the overhanging canopies for providing shelter during loading and unloading of goods. The brick building retains many original colourful materials such as the red brick walls and decorative eaves course which contrast with the slate roof and limestone quoins. The concrete building, though having less decorative features, echoes the general design of the earlier goods shed. Now in a derelict state, these former goods sheds are a reminder of the vast railway network which once existed in Ireland.