Geashill Railway Station

Detached three-bay warehouse, built c.1856. No longer in use. Pitched slate roof with extended eaves supported on limestone corbels to front and rear elevations acting as hoods to the loading bays. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared-limestone walls with tooled limestone quoins. Three square-headed load-bay openings to front and rear elevations with yellow brick relieving arches and timber sliding doors. Pair of square-headed window openings to side elevations with yellow brick reveals, limestone sills and timber sash widows.

Geashill Station opened in 1856 and serviced the estate village of Geashill and surrounding areas. Geashill station is located on the Portarlington to Tullamore section of the Athlone Branch of the Great Southern and Western Railway. This once busy station ceased to operate public passenger services in 1963 and continued to transport goods, mostly cattle, until 1979. Indeed so busy was the station transporting cattle that approximately 50 wagons of cattle would be transported from here every day and special cattle pens were constructed to accommodate them. As a once vital part of the historic infrastructure of the area, it is of social significance. The warehouse stands between the combined station masters house and ticket office and a small cottage and together the three structures form an important group of related structures and contribute to the architectural heritage of County Offaly.