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Mallaranny Railway Station

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Mallaranny Railway Station
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Freestanding single-bay single-stage water tower, designed 1894; built 1894; extant 1915, on a square plan. Decommissioned, 1934. Recommissioned, 1936. Decommissioned, 1937. Now disused. Red brick English Garden Wall bond walls with bull nose-detailed red brick quoins to corners supporting roundel-detailed cast-iron water tank on red brick English bond corbelled stepped "cornice". Round-headed door opening with red brick block-and-start surround having bull nose-detailed reveals framing remains of timber door having fanlight. Roundel over with red brick voussoir surround framing louvered timber fitting. Round-headed openings to "cheeks" with cut-limestone sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds having bull nose-detailed reveals framing cast-iron fittings having fanlights. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Mallaranny Railway Station.
A water tower erected to a design signed (1894) by William Purcell O'Neill (1857-1950), Engineer-in-Chief to the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) Company (fl. 1881-1918), contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Mallaranny Railway Station complex.

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