Lobster Cottage

Detached three-bay single-storey former railway station, built 1891, now in use as house. Recent two-bay single-storey extension to side (west) and conservatory to front. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack, carved timber bargeboards to eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Timber-clad walls with rendered walls to extension. Square-headed window openings with timber sills, having replacement uPVC casement windows.

Railway companies were quick to realise the rapid constructional possibilities of mass produced materials such as red brick, corrugated-iron and timber clapper board, which this building embodies. Though now in domestic use, the building retains much of its railway character, particularly seen in the timber clapper board cladding, carved timber bargeboards and red brick chimneystacks. This former railway station serves as a reminder of the extent of the railway network in the past. The railway was extended to Courtmacsherry in 1891 and to the pier in 1892. Regular traffic having ceased in 1947 and the rail line was closed in 1961.