Survey Data
Reg No
22205814
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Signal box
In Use As
Signal box
Date
1845 - 1855
Coordinates
186409, 138655
Date Recorded
03/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay single-storey over raised basement signal box, built c. 1850, with timber-clad porch c.1970 and steel stairs giving access to upper level on west elevation. Hipped slate roof. Snecked limestone walls with dressed limestone string course and red brick to upper level of trackside and end elevations. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door openings to lower level and to porch, having steel panelled and uPVC doors respectively.
Appraisal
This signal station is an integral part of Limerick Junction Station and thereby an important constituent of the group of railway structures in the area which are historically important as a reminder of the nineteenth-century heyday of railway travel and transport.