Laytown Railway Station — Report the wrong picture

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Train of CIÉ 2600 Class railcars at Laytown , Co. Meath, Ireland. The signal box and goods siding are long gone since this picture taken. Housing now covers all the fields visible on the right. · Photo: Kieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0

Laytown , Co. Meath: GNR Class S 4-4-0 steam locomotive 171 Slieve Gullion on an RPSI excursion train · Photo: Kieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0

What is recorded here

One word in the official record changes the whole story. The timber detailing of the building imitates detailing which is commonly found in stone railway buildings, with the block-and-start surrounds and string course.

Detached nine-bay single-storey railway station, built c.1847. Pitched slate roof, yellow brick chimneystacks and cast-iron water goods. Timber clapperboard walls, with string course at sill level, set on a stone plinth. Segmental-arched openings with timber block-and-start surrounds. Timber sash windows. Timber pilaster and entablature shopfront. Panelled timber doors. Stone embankment walls flanking tracks. Cast-iron pedestrian bridge to site.

The timber detailing of the building imitates detailing which is commonly found in stone railway buildings, with the block-and-start surrounds and string course.

The station at Laytown is of architectural interest, particularly due to the timber construction of the building. The timber detailing of the building imitates detailing which is commonly found in stone railway buildings, with the block-and-start surrounds and string course. Laytown Railway Station, with the station, pedestrian bridge and the station master's house, forms a significant architectural group in Laytown.

The story behind this place

The timber detailing of the building imitates detailing which is commonly found in stone railway buildings, with the block-and-start surrounds and string course.

This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.