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worker's house — RATHROEEN

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worker's house — RATHROEEN
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Detached three-bay single-storey crossing guard's lodge, commissioned 1893[?]; extant 1896, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey lean-to advanced porch with two-bay single-storey rear (south-east) elevation. Decommissioned, 1934. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on lean-to slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond off-central chimney stack having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, rendered chamfered coping to gables, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Square-headed central door opening with red brick block-and-start surround framing unhinged timber boarded door. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-limestone sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in unkempt grounds on a corner site.

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