Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB21/09/001

Address :
Whiteabbey Railway Station Station Road Whiteabbey Newtownabbey Co Antrim BT37 0AQ

Townland:

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Survey 2:
D1 Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:

Former Use

Conservation Area:

Industrial Archaeology:

Vernacular:

Thatched:

Monument:

Derelict:

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OS Map No:
114-10NW

IG Ref:
J3525 8247

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Multi-bay single-storey railway station, built c.1850. Pitched roof with deep overhanging eaves; red brick walling with yellow brick dressings; round-arched-headed windows. The building was not listed during the First Survey and has since been demolished. The First Survey card records: 'A long single storey red brick range with a two-storey block to the north end. Yellow brick trim around openings which have now been closed up. Facing this across on the other side of track is a platform shelter from the B.D.Wise era red brick with timber framing and a big overhanging roof on an interesting truss system. Fretted barge boards. Also a stone bridge over the railway at north end of platforms Station built 1863-4 but the waiting room accommodation on down platform is later, probably 1890s. (W A McCutcheon The Ind Archaeology of NI p166)'

Architects

Historical Information

N/A

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Building demolished

General Comments

Date of Survey

16 October 2008