Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Former Weighbridge, Former Railway Station, 24 Station Road, Moneymore
Moneymore, Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Store
- Date of construction
- 1860-1879
- Address
- Former Weighbridge, Former Railway Station, 24 Station Road, Moneymore
- Townland
- Moneymore
- Council
- Mid Ulster
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.69773, -6.67320
- Date of survey
- 01 December 2000
- HB reference
- HB09/06/052 B
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Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1854 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A small 1 bay 1 storey redbrick and slated structure.
A redbrick building with door opening in S gable, single 10 pane horizontal window on E wall overlooking weighbridge position (no longer there). Timber fascias and bargeboards, overhang, slated roof redbrick chimney on N gable.
The building is freestanding a couple of hundred metres from station building and in different ownership.
Historical information
The structure housed the instrumentation for the weighbridge. Possibly contemporary with the station building of 1856 but more likely to be of 1877 when there were improvements and increased trade due to direct link to Dublin. The building lies within the garden of No. 24 Station Road.
IHR No. 2195:36
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
An interesting remnant of Moneymore Railway Station structures and a useful piece of Industrial Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Former Railway Station, 22 Station Road, Moneymore, MagherafeltHouseunder 1 mi
- Aka Grey GablesHouseunder 1 mi
- Cottage/Outbuildings atHouseunder 1 mi
- Graveyard (Cofl) Lawford Street, Moneymore, MagherafeltGraveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.