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Downpatrick Loop Station

  •   Market Street, Downpatrick, BT30 6LZ

Classical style 3 bay station. Advanced central bay, pedimented, with square-topped door with light. One rounded arch window with hood-mould on either side. Pitched slate roof. One-room, flat-roofed section attached to each end. Note: this is not the original station building (demolished 1972), but the manager’s house from the old gasworks which was dismantled and re-built on the current site. Burnt out in 2002 and since restored

Stone Information

  • Stone Type Category :
  • Primary Stone:
  • Secondary Stone:
  • Stonework Construction:
    Coursed squared
  • Condition Assessment (QUB):
    Stage 1 – A façade in this condition will only require localised remedial treatment concentrating on individual blocks. Stage 1 classification may also indicate that no intervention is needed with only periodic re-assessment of the façade is recommended.
  • OS Irish Grid (Easting):
    348252
  • OS Irish Grid (Northing):
    344268

Architect Information

  • Building Type:
  • Date of construction:
    19th Century
  • Listing:
    B
  • HB/SMR Ref:
    HB18/20/054
  • 2nd survey by EHS:
    Yes

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