Survey Data
Reg No
30405829
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Store/warehouse
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
147364, 242477
Date Recorded
30/12/1899
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding three-bay double-height single-storey good shed, built c.1890. Now disused. Replacement pitched slate roof. Coursed random rubble limestone walls. Segmental-arch opening to middle of front elevation and round arched openings to gables, having dressed stone voussoirs. Square-headed window to front elevation with brick surround. Raised internal floor to road half. Six piers to inside rear wall of rear elevation. Square headed doorway towards station. Set on roadside with tracks to rear and random rubble boundary wall with coping of rubble set on edge.
Appraisal
This well built railway goods shed retains its original character despite being out of use since 1975. The large openings give the building its distinctive appearance. It was built by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company to serve the Athenry to Tuam railway line and is an integral element of the transport and civil engineering heritage of County Galway and also in ist social and agricultural history, having been a point of despatch for beet wagons for the Tuam Sugar Factory.