Survey Data
Reg No
14926002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Store/warehouse
Date
1850 - 1860
Coordinates
243322, 218304
Date Recorded
13/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay warehouse, built c.1856. No longer in use. Pitched slate roof with extended eaves supported on limestone corbels to front and rear elevations acting as hoods to the loading bays. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared-limestone walls with tooled limestone quoins. Three square-headed load-bay openings to front and rear elevations with yellow brick relieving arches and timber sliding doors. Pair of square-headed window openings to side elevations with yellow brick reveals, limestone sills and timber sash widows.
Appraisal
Geashill Station opened in 1856 and serviced the estate village of Geashill and surrounding areas. Geashill station is located on the Portarlington to Tullamore section of the Athlone Branch of the Great Southern and Western Railway. This once busy station ceased to operate public passenger services in 1963 and continued to transport goods, mostly cattle, until 1979. Indeed so busy was the station transporting cattle that approximately 50 wagons of cattle would be transported from here every day and special cattle pens were constructed to accommodate them. As a once vital part of the historic infrastructure of the area, it is of social significance. The warehouse stands between the combined station masters house and ticket office and a small cottage and together the three structures form an important group of related structures and contribute to the architectural heritage of County Offaly.