Maam Cross Railway Station

Complex of buildings and platforms forming railway station complex, built 1896, comprising water tower, goods shed, platforms and gate keepers house. Now disused. Recent outbuildings to site. Detached single-bay two-stage water tower to west end of central platform. Roofless, having corbelled red brick ceaves courses and overhanging cast-iron girders for water tank, latter now removed. Roughly dressed coursed limestone block walls with red brick block-and-start quoins and red brick dressings to openings. Oculus to front elevation, round-headed window opening to north side, latter with concrete sills. Round-headed door opening to front. Detached single-bay double-height goods store located to south-west of water tower, having two-bay single-storey office annex to west side elevation and set on limestone block platform. Pitched slate roofs with tooled limestone copings and having red brick chimneystack to office. Roughly dressed coursed limestone block walls with red brick block-and-start quoins and red brick dressings to openings. Oculi to upper gables. Square-headed window opening to front elvation of annex having margined rock-faced lintel, stone sill and wrought-iron bars. Square-headed door opening to same elevation having margined rock-faced lintel. Segmental-arch vehicular-width door openings to long sides of goods shed with corrugated-iron sheet doors. Detached three-bay single-storey gate keepers house to opposite side of road having projecting lean-to porch to front. Pitched slate roof with slate cat-slide to porch, concrete copings to gables, red brick chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered coursed rubble stone walls with plinth and red brick block-and-start quoins. Camber-headed window openings having red brick voussoirs and block-and-start surrounds, tooled limestone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to north side elevation of porch having tooled limestone lintel and red brick surrounds with steps.