Survey Data
Reg No
31203013
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Building misc
Date
1890 - 1895
Coordinates
120867, 329870
Date Recorded
04/08/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-bay single-stage water tower, commissioned 1893, on a square plan. Decommissioned, 1934. Now disused. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls with red brick flush quoins to corners supporting roundel-detailed cast-iron water tank on red brick Common or English Garden Wall bond corbelled stepped "cornice". Round-headed window opening with cut-limestone sill, and red brick block-and-start surround framing mass-concrete infill. Roundel with red brick voussoir surround framing remains of louvered timber fitting. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Killala Railway Station.
Appraisal
A water tower contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Killala Railway Station complex.