10 Station Road, Dungiven, Co Londonderry, BT47 4LN

An interesting example of a small rural railway station terminus, now converted to a dwelling house amid modern residential development. The form and materials of the former station have been largely retained, although the introduction of rustic redbrick on the outshot is considered a blemish. The character of the site is preserved despite the loss of most of the railway workings.

The building is an elongated red brick structure consisting of a central two-storey section with single-storey wings on either side, all of equal width. The two-storey centre, three bays wide with a narrow two-storey outshot on the west side, was formerly the station master's house. The principal entrance is located on the south flank wall of the outshot, which has been refaced with modern red brick and raised by one storey with modern window insets. While other openings have remained relatively unchanged, all windows have been updated. One tall chimney with a decorated chimney pot has been retained. A second chimney on the south single-storey part has been truncated, and two new chimney stacks have been built on the two-storey section. An additional door has been created on the west side of the north single-storey wing, finished with a slated bracketed canopy. Brickwork has been renewed where a former opening was wider. The roof of this part has been re-roofed with asbestos slates and fitted with a Velux rooflight. With the exception of the outshot, the fascia and soffits have been retained, including shaped exposed purlins. The crested red tiled ridge on the south wing is retained.

On the platform side (east side), most openings are preserved. A store and garage are located at the south with access along the former platform. The former brickwork, built in Flemish bond, is entirely retained, including decorative blue-grey brickwork over segmented heads and string courses. Guttering and downpipes have been changed to grey PVC. Overall, the conversion reasonably succeeds in retaining the former character.

The house stands at right angles to Station Road with a narrow approach to the entrance porch, which continues to form a garden area beyond where a fine birch tree stands. The permanent way has been filled in and the goods access developed for residential use. The signal box, formerly located north of the present owner's site, has been demolished.

The station was the terminus of the Limavady to Dungiven railway line. Tenders were accepted for stations at Ardmore, Derryork, Drumsurn and Dungiven on 1 April 1883 from Silo and Matthews of Belfast. The line opened for passenger and goods traffic on 4 July 1883, though the stations were not completed until the end of that year. Charles Lanyon of Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon was engineer and architect for the entire project. He was the son of Sir Charles Lanyon, who was also a director of the railway. Temporary sheds were used until the permanent stations were completed.