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Birr Railway Station — Seefin

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Birr Railway Station — Seefin
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Detached multiple-bay single- and two-storey former railway station, built by the Great Southern and Western Railway on the Roscrea to Birr line and opened in 1858, with lean-to canopied porch. Now in domestic use. Pitched slate roofs with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered and tooled stone chimneystacks with terracotta pots, some cast-iron rainwater goods and modern skylights. Punch dressed ashlar limestone walls with sandstone plinth and quoins. Smooth cement based render applied to rear elevation. Segmental-headed window openings with sandstone block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Segmental-headed door openings with sandstone block-and-start surrounds with glazed timber panelled doors with overlights. Round-headed window openings to rear of two-storied section with sandstone block-and-start surrounds and hoodmouldings. Timber panelled door inserted to former window opening to front elevation. Square-headed window openings and glazed extension inserted to rear elevation. Square-headed door opening under slate canopy supported by sandstone and limestone projecting walls. Replacement timber panelled door flanked by sidelights and surmounted by overlight. Platform remains with limestone retaining wall and moulded sandstone kerbstones.

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