Survey Data

Reg No

31804057


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Social, Technical


Original Use

Railway station


In Use As

Railway station


Date

1860 - 1865


Coordinates

180063, 302066


Date Recorded

25/07/2003


Date Updated

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Description

Detached four-bay two-storey railway station, built c.1862 by the M.G.W.R. as part of the Sligo Branch railway line. Canopy to platform and three-bay single-storey building attached to west of canopy. Hipped slated roof with rendered chimneystacks. Snecked limestone walls withcut stone plinth course and dressings. Segmental-headed recessed window and door openings to main building having cut stone surrounds, replacement uPVC windows with stone sills and replacement timber and glazed door. Canopy supported by square-profiled timber pillars. Sandstone flagstones still in-situ below canopy. Timber seats under canopy. Building to west of canopy has openings with tooled stone surrounds, concrete sills and replacement timber windows. Single-storey addition to west gable with brick chimneystack. Access onto platform via a square-headed entrance way to east or through wrought-iron gate to west. Station and platform bounded by a squared limestone wall with brick dressings to openings.

Appraisal

This visually-appealing railway station is the main structure within a group of railway buildings including a footbridge, signal box, water tower, waiting room and platform. Its architectural design and detailing utilises many materials such as cast-iron, timber, stone and brick, giving it an interesting textural quality. It is a very fine example of nineteenth-century railway architecture. On the 3rd December 1862 the first steam train from Longford arrived at Boyle Station on its way to Sligo.