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The ordinary view hides the useful part of the story. The elegant tooled stonework seen in the tall chimneystacks with their bracketed cornice as well as in the coping detail on the gable walls elevate this public building.

Detached five-bay single-storey railway station, built c.1855 by the Great Southern and Western Railway Co., flanked by set back single-bay single-storey snecked limestone structures and with porch added to front. Pitched tiled roof with terracotta ridge tiles, tooled limestone chimneystacks and tooled limestone coping to gable ends. Limestone cladding to south west elevation. Snecked limestone to north east elevation with modern porch clad in limestone. Timber casement windows with limestone sills.

The elegant tooled stonework seen in the tall chimneystacks with their bracketed cornice as well as in the coping detail on the gable walls elevate this public building.

Tullamore railway station continues to be used and connects many Irish towns and cities. Built in the mid nineteenth century, the station expresses a notable design. Though adapted over time, it still retains its character, proportion and style. The elegant tooled stonework seen in the tall chimneystacks with their bracketed cornice as well as in the coping detail on the gable walls elevate this public building.

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The elegant tooled stonework seen in the tall chimneystacks with their bracketed cornice as well as in the coping detail on the gable walls elevate this public building.

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