Survey Data
Reg No
14801001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Railway station
In Use As
House
Date
1860 - 1865
Coordinates
220210, 231615
Date Recorded
04/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay two-storey former railway station, built in 1862, by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company on the Portarlington to Athlone Midland line. Flanking single-storey bays to east and west and extension to west. Now used as a private house. Set back from the road, adjacent to railway track. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls. Replacement uPVC windows with stone sills. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door and overlight. Station bounded by random coursed limestone wall to roadway with granite stone piers and wrought-iron gate giving access to corrugated-iron shed to north, across railway tracks.
Appraisal
This railway station, though no longer in use, is an integral piece of the village’s architectural heritage. Associated structures, including the railway bridge, Prospect Bridge, to the east and shed to the north, enhance the setting and form a group of architecturally significant structures.