Survey Data

Reg No

20828101


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural


Original Use

Gates/railings/walls


In Use As

Gates/railings/walls


Date

1860 - 1865


Coordinates

179006, 66188


Date Recorded

10/07/2007


Date Updated

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Description

Freestanding Flemish bond brick walls, built 1862, having broached limestone copings and a section of cast-iron spear-headed railings to east.

Appraisal

These walls form the boundary of Cobh railway station, which allowed for the rapid expansion of the town from the mid to late nineteenth century onwards. A textural and chromatic variation is achieved through the juxtaposition of limestone copings and red brick walls. The cast-iron railings add further interest to the walls.