Bus Eireann Broadstone

The saved account records: Triple-height entrance hall, coffered top-lit ceiling having ribbed glazed dome.

The saved account records: Detached five-bay two-storey former railway terminus, dated 1850, double-pile train shed adjoining rear (north) elevation.

The saved account records: Central projecting block with pedimented breakfronts, and projecting breakfronts to each bay to front (south) and side elevations.

The saved account records: Stepped pilasters, square-headed openings to walls projecting to rear of station building, M-profile train shed to rear, Ionic colonnaded screen to east elevation of train shed.

Bus Eireann Broadstone matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Broadstone Station was constructed as the Dublin terminus of the Midland & Great Western Railway, which was established in competition with the Great Southern & Western Railway to serve the west of the country in the mid-nineteenth century. It was designed by John Skipton Mulvaney, and initially overlooked the Royal Canal harbour at Broadstone. Known as the 'Director's House', this building was not a public entrance to the train shed behind, but rather housed the offices of the MGWR company. It was constructed in Ballyknockan granite, and the fine detailing is testament to the craftsmanship and skill involved in… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.