Survey Data
Reg No
30409707
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Railway station
In Use As
House
Date
1885 - 1895
Coordinates
159699, 224109
Date Recorded
20/10/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached former railway station, built 1890, now in use as house, comprising single-storey station proper having four-bay trackside and two-bay roadside elevations, with three-bay two-storey former station master's house attached and projecting at right angle. Small walled yard to east end of station. Slate roofs, pitched to house and hipped to station, with red brick chimneystacks, paired and centrally located to house. Dressed limestone walls with red brick quoins. Square-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds having tooled limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door opening to trackside elevation of station, with red brick block-and-start surround and replacement uPVC door. Platform to trackside of building, with dressed limestone kerbing. Timber sign with station name to platform. Goods shed to site having pitched slate roof, rubble stone walls with red brick quoins, and segmental arches to long elevations with red brick voussoirs and block-and-start surrounds, with one timber battened door. Set within its own grounds, beside disused railway line.
Appraisal
This building forms an integral part of an attractive group of railway structures with platform and goods shed on the site. The use of red brick and limestone creates textural variation in the appearance of this once functional building. Built as part of the Attymon Junction to Loughrea light railway, which was worked by the Midlands Great Western Railway company, these structures are a reminder of the engineering achievements of the great railway era.