Survey Data
Reg No
30806020
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Outbuilding
Date
1875 - 1885
Coordinates
180751, 330307
Date Recorded
10/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Six-bay two-storey outbuilding, built c.1880 as part of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway. Pitched slate roof with cut stone chimneystacks and slate canopies over entrances with decorative bargeboards. Roughly dressed random coursed limestone walls. Segmental and square-headed openings, windows having stone sills and guard rails.
Appraisal
This building part of a railway complex, situated a short distance from Dromahair, is a fine example of late nineteenth-century railway architecture. Though a functional structure, artistic detailing such as the slate canopies over the entrances and decorative stonework give this structure architectural merit. Socially, the railway was important to the small towns in Ireland as it provided a network of travel for both people and produce.