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Tramore Lifeguard Station

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Tramore Lifeguard Station
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Detached four-bay single-storey rubble stone lifeguard station, c.1940, with single-bay single-storey jettied oriel window on a triangular plan, and single-bay single-storey end bay to left (west). Now disused. Painted hipped mass-concrete roofs on profiled base with concrete shoots. Random rubble stone walls with batter, and cement pointing. Square-headed window openings (on painted rendered jetty to oriel window). Now boarded-up (sheet-metal). Square-headed door opening now boarded-up (sheet-metal). Set on mass-concrete base on a slightly elevated site overlooking Tramore Bay.
An unusual building of distinctive appearance, allegedly built to designs prepared by a pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959). Features including the batter to the walls, an unusual oriel window, and the profile to the roof, all enhance the architectural quality of the composition. The building makes a strong visual statement in the landscape, and is of additional significance for its associations with maritime and seaside activities in Tramore.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 22816171

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; MonikaLisa2, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Paul O'Farrell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Tmimagery, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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