Survey Data
Reg No
22205113
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Railway station
Date
1845 - 1855
Coordinates
196495, 145495
Date Recorded
23/05/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-and-two-storey former railway station, built c.1850, with projecting gable-fronted porch and end bays, adjoining bell tower and building to south-west and extension to north-east. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs with sandstone chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, overhanging eaves and bargeboards. Snecked sandstone walls with cut sandstone quoins and plinth. Square-headed window openings with mixed windows comprising of one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, casement windows and lattice glazing bars to windows. Pointed arch door opening to north-east elevation with timber panelled door. Shouldered-headed door opening to front elevation with chamfered sandstone surround to timber battened door set in timber porch with pitched slate roof and bargeboards. Pointed arch door opening to adjoining building to south-west with ashlar sandstone surround. Timber battened doors to north-east extension. Pointed arch opening set in snecked sandstone wall gives access to north-east extension.
Appraisal
Located on the outskirts of Dundrum Village this former railway station is a reminder of the vast network of stations which formerly existed in Ireland. The building exhibits architectural design and attention to detail in its fine features such as the snecked sandstone walls, cut sandstone door openings and decorative lattice glazing to the windows. The station, along with the bell tower and the building to the south-west which most likely functioned as a waiting room, is a reminder of the social and economic importance such buildings had in the past.