Survey Data
Reg No
31305512
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Building misc
Date
1890 - 1900
Coordinates
74190, 300101
Date Recorded
07/03/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-bay single-stage water tower, commissioned 1895, on a square plan. Decommissioned, 1934. Recommissioned, 1936. Decommissioned, 1937. Now disused. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls with bull nose-detailed red brick quoins to corners supporting embossed cast-iron water tank on red brick header bond corbelled stepped "cornice". Round-headed door opening with red brick block-and-start surround. Roundel with red brick header bond voussoir surround framing remains of louvered timber fitting. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Achill Sound Railway Station.
Appraisal
A water tower supplied by Ross and Walpole (established 1876) of Dublin contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Achill Sound Railway Station complex.