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Irish Palatine Heritage Centre — Rathkeale

railway station, goods shed
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Irish Palatine Heritage Centre — Rathkeale
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Detached three-bay two-storey former railway station, built in 1867, now in use as a heritage centre. Having multiple-bay single-storey block to south-east elevation, recent glazed lean-to addition to south-west (rear) and gabled north-west bay to north-east (front) elevation. Pitched slate roofs with cut limestone chimneystacks, overhanging sheeted eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble limestone walls with cut limestone quoins. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows, cut limestone sills, surrounds and voussoirs. Square-headed door opening to ground floor, front elevation, set within gabled projection with pitched slat roof, and having timber battened door with cut limestone surround and lintel. Square-headed opening to ground floor north-west elevation with cut limestone surround and lintel, now blocked. Remains of detached gable-fronted former goods shed to south-west with single-bay single-storey lean-to to south-east elevation. Roof gone. Lean-to slate roof to lean-to. Rubble stone walls with buttresses. Square-headed openings to side elevations now blocked, having red brick relieving arches above. Lunette opening to north-east gable, now blocked, with cut limestone surround and sill. Segmental-arched openings to gables with cut limestone surrounds and voussoirs, one now blocked, one with timber battened door.

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