Athenry Railway Station

Detached single-storey cruciform-plan railway crossing keeper's house, built 1851, having canted-bay to rear and canted-bays to front re-entrant corners, that to south having entrance. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and having snecked limestone cruciform-plan chimneystack to centre of roof with terracotta pots, cut limestone eaves course, and cast-iron rainwater goods with some decorative detailing. Snecked limestone walls set on tooled limestone plinth. Round-headed window openings, paired to end elevations and having raised tooled limestone surrounds with knees, keystones, imposts, sills with brackets, and replacement timber windows. Round-headed door opening with raised decorative tooled limestone surround with scroll keystone, knees and timber battened door. Round-headed window openings to other canted walls having similarly detailed surrounds and replacement timber windows. House has later signal cabin abutting rear wall.

This well designed crossing house forms part of a pleasant group of railway related structures and is an interesting reminder of the great age of the railways in Ireland during the nineteenth century. The well-executed and finely made limestone façade, with tooled window and door surrounds, is representative of fine stonemasonry. The plan, derived from both cruciform and octagonal models, provides a number of interesting elevation views to the streetscape.