Kells Railway Station — Bective Street

Detached seven-bay single-storey railway station, built 1852; opened 1853, on a H-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey pedimented projecting end bays; seven-bay single-storey platform (south) elevation with single-bay single-storey pedimented projecting end bays. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Closed, 1958. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on a H-shaped with pitched (gabled) slate roofs (end bays), clay or terracotta ridge tiles, multi-toned brick Flemish bond chimney stacks having cut-limestone stringcourses below chamfered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on lead-covered cut-limestone eaves with replacement uPVC downpipes. Part repointed multi-toned brick Flemish bond walls on dragged cut-limestone plinth with drag edged dragged cut-limestone channelled pilasters to corners (end bays) supporting cut-limestone open bed pediments. Square-headed central door opening (north) with red brick voussoirs framing timber panelled double doors having overlights. Square-headed central door opening (south) behind remains of canopy on colonnette pillars with red brick voussoirs framing cement rendered infill. Square-headed flanking window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and multi-toned brick voussoirs framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Round-headed window openings in round-headed recesses (end bays) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and multi-toned brick header bond radiating voussoirs framing replacement uPVC casement windows retaining some boarded-up six-over-six timber sash windows having fanlights. Set in unkempt grounds.