Bovevagh Rectory, 30 Camnish Road, Dungiven, Co Londonderry, BT47 4NJ

Bovevagh Rectory is a substantial former rectory set on flat ground adjacent to the east bank of the River Roe, surrounded by mature trees and overgrown shrubs. The building dates from the 18th or early 19th century.

The main structure is five bays wide and two and a half storeys high with a basement and back return. The roof is covered in Bangor Blue slate with plain chimney stacks on each gable and plain barge stones. The walls are harled in sandstone, though in poor repair, and the ground floor sits approximately 750mm above garden level.

The principal south elevation is dominated by a central fanlighted doorway approached by a flight of six stone steps. The door is four-panelled and flanked by wide pilasters of rusticated sandstone surmounted by a thin cornice. Above it rises a semi-circular fanlight with radiating astragals and a moulded sandstone architrave with central keystone. Either side of the doorway are two twelve-pane sliding sash windows with sandstone cills. The first floor contains five nine-pane sliding sash windows positioned directly above the ground floor openings, with a greater area of solid wall between the central window and those on either side. At basement level are two six-pane sliding sash windows whose cills sit slightly below lawn level. A plain string course at eaves level supports a half-round cast iron gutter. The window reveals are smooth. The gables are plain, each with a single double-hung sliding sash window at each floor level, and two nine-pane sliding sash windows on either side of each chimney stack to provide light to the attics.

The back return extends two bays and stands two storeys high with a lower roof ridge than the main roof. It contains double twelve-pane sliding sash windows at ground and first floor levels. A small return in the angle between the main house and back return contains a rear porch with a sheeted door and a stilted fanlight with Gothic-style astragals. Above the rear porch are two unequal-sized windows at right angles to the main house. Beyond the back return is a single storey structure, slated and hipped, with a sheeted door and four-pane sliding sash window. The chimney stack of the two-storey back return is not centred on its ridge.

The rear elevation of the main house west of the back return is three bays wide. A nine-pane sliding sash window lights a passageway under the stair landing, while two four-pane sliding sash windows light a toilet and corridor at ground floor. Above the outer window is a nine-pane sliding sash window lighting a corner room. A semi-circular window above the projecting rear porch lights the stairway to the attic. A door provides direct access to the basement, alongside a six-pane sliding sash window lighting the basement. The wall harling to the rear is partially removed, exposing the underlying sandstone rubble wall with some brick trim. The harling here is in poor repair.

Adjoining the back return and leaving a gap for vehicular access is a one and a half storey stone-built outbuilding, slate-roofed with a hipped roof. It is constructed from square sandstone blocks.

The rectory's gardens, now run down and overgrown, formerly extended to both sides of the Camnish Road. Remnants of a small walled garden and square stone gate piers survive.