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Architecture of Fingal

28 January 2010
1851 – Malahide Railway Station, Co. Dublin

1851 – Malahide Railway Station, Co. Dublin

Architect: George Papworth Designed in a similar style to other stations on this line notably Dundalk and Drogheda, Malahide Station is a wonderful small building in polychromic brick and with an excellent ironwork...

28 January 2010
1851 – Station Master House, Malahide, Co. Dublin

1851 – Station Master House, Malahide, Co. Dublin

Architect: George Papworth A fine little house sited beside the railway station and built for the Station Master. Similar to others built for the Great Northern Railway in other locations.

28 January 2010
1852 – Railway Station, Skerries, Co. Dublin

1852 – Railway Station, Skerries, Co. Dublin

Railway stations on this line to Belfast (Dublin Connolly, Malahide, Drogheda, Dundalk) are of a high quality with good quality ironwork and brick buildings. Skerries is no different, although it has been much...

21 January 2010
1853 – Railway Station, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

1853 – Railway Station, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

Architect: George Papworth A single-storey Italianate style railway station, built 1853, with three-bay central limestone entrance porch flanked by advanced pedimented single-bays. Not as large as others on this line, but the building...

28 January 2010
1855 – Railway Station, Howth, Co. Dublin

1855 – Railway Station, Howth, Co. Dublin

A fine little station built at the end of the branch line from Howth Junction on the main Dublin – Belfast route. The station is elevated above road level and accessed by a...

21 January 2010
1859 – St George’s School, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

1859 – St George’s School, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

Architect: Sandham Symes St George’s Parish (Church of Ireland) school, Hampton Street, Balbriggan was provided in 1859 by George Woods of Milverton Hall to the design of Sandham Symes.

21 January 2010
1860 – Ardgillan Glasshouse, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

1860 – Ardgillan Glasshouse, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

Dating from around 1860, this fine and recently restored glasshouse is made of timber rather than cast iron. The glasshouses are set in the gardens of Ardgillan Castle and are open to the...

28 January 2010
1860 – Former Findlaters, Howth, Co. Dublin

1860 – Former Findlaters, Howth, Co. Dublin

Findlaters was once a chain of food and wine mechants in the Dublin area. This was built as their Howth store and later became a bar as part of a local hotel complex....

21 January 2010
1860 – Station Master’s House, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

1860 – Station Master’s House, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

A fine little house sited beside the railway station and built for the Station Master. Similar to other station master’s houses on this line, notably Malahide and Skerries. Photographic Copyright 2006 Gerry Byrne