Survey Data
Reg No
31213023
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Building misc
Date
1855 - 1865
Coordinates
149981, 279342
Date Recorded
07/07/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-bay single-stage water tower, commissioned 1861[?]; extant 1893, on a square plan. Decommissioned, 1965. Now disused. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls with drag edged rock faced cut-limestone flush quoins to corners supporting cast-iron water tank on lichen-covered tooled cut-limestone "cornice". Round-headed window opening with cut-limestone sill, and drag edged rock faced cut-limestone block-and-start surround framing timber boarded fitting behind wrought iron bars. Set on tarmacadam platform in grounds shared with Ballyhaunis Railway Station.
Appraisal
A water tower contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Ballyhaunis Railway Station complex.