Survey Data
Reg No
31305511
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Store/warehouse
Date
1890 - 1900
Coordinates
74018, 300012
Date Recorded
07/03/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay double-height goods shed, commissioned 1895, on a rectangular plan; four-bay double-height platform (south) elevation. Decommissioned, 1937. Reroofed, ----. Now disused. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof on strutted King post timber construction with terracotta ridge tiles, concrete or rendered coping to gables on rendered kneelers, and uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on exposed timber rafters. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with red brick quoins to corners. Pair of segmental-headed central openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds framing rendered infill. Roundel (gables) with red brick voussoir surrounds framing fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron "spoke wheel" glazing bars. Series of four segmental-headed openings to platform (south) elevation with red brick block-and-start surrounds framing rendered infill. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Achill Sound Railway Station.
Appraisal
A goods shed contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Achill Sound Railway Station complex.