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Cavan Cattle Mart — Railway Road

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Cavan Cattle Mart — Railway Road
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Detached five-bay double-height former goods shed, built c.1865, with single-storey four-bay red-brick former goods office to south, c.1920, and later lean-to extension to west. Now part of livestock mart. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared rubble stone walls with dressed quoin stones. Semi-circular arch with dressed voussoirs in upper level of both gables comprising blind rendered recess to south and window opening to north. Cut-stone string courses at cill level defining traingular gable. Round-arched openings with dressed voussoirs and raised impost stone to western side of both gables aligned for entry and exit of trains. Later square-headed opening to eastern bay of north gable. Row of four round-headed arches to east elevation. Sheeted timber door to south gable opening, all other openings blocked or with replacement doors or windows. Red-brick walls in English bond to goods office with segmental-head windows, chamfer-stop detail to reveals and heads, stone sills and timber sash windows with horizontal panes.

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