Survey Data
Reg No
20507180
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Locomotive shed
In Use As
Locomotive shed
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
168867, 72254
Date Recorded
09/03/1993
Date Updated
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Description
Detached railway engine shed, c. 1880, consisting of single and double height spaces, possessing cut-stone entrances and various small single storey buildings around yard. Pitched roof with apex glazing. Saw tooth roof with corrugated asbestos sheeting. Buff coloured brick with arched grid construction; articulated by blind open arcading. Round headed windows to recessed arches. Double height openings to eastern gable. Within railway yard. Limestone and sandstone perimeter all with red brick dressing.
Appraisal
Well maintained and fully functioning late-nineteenth century detached railway engine shed, retaining much original external fabric. Of significance as part of the local railway complex and also as part of the railway history of Ireland.