Survey Data
Reg No
14319001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Railway station
In Use As
Railway station
Date
1845 - 1850
Coordinates
316174, 271376
Date Recorded
27/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached nine-bay single-storey railway station, built c.1847. Pitched slate roof, yellow brick chimneystacks and cast-iron water goods. Timber clapperboard walls, with string course at sill level, set on a stone plinth. Segmental-arched openings with timber block-and-start surrounds. Timber sash windows. Timber pilaster and entablature shopfront. Panelled timber doors. Stone embankment walls flanking tracks. Cast-iron pedestrian bridge to site.
Appraisal
The station at Laytown is of architectural interest, particularly due to the timber construction of the building. The timber detailing of the building imitates detailing which is commonly found in stone railway buildings, with the block-and-start surrounds and string course. Laytown Railway Station, with the station, pedestrian bridge and the station master's house, forms a significant architectural group in Laytown.