railway station — BALLYMAGAN UPPER

Detached three-bay two-storey former railway station, built c. 1900, having single-storey outbuilding attached to the north-east gable end. Originally associated with the former Buncrana to Carndonagh section of the Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway line. Line closed in 1935 and building now in use as house. Pitched natural slate roof with overhanging eaves, decorative red clay ridge cresting, stepped red brick corbelled chimneystacks to gables (north-east and south-west), and with cast-iron and replacement rainwater goods. Snecked squared rock-faced stone walls with yellow brick block-and-start quoins to corners, flush yellow brick bands surmounted by moulded brick stringcourse, projecting snecked rock-faced stone plinth with chamfered brick coping over. Segmental-headed window openings having chamfered yellow brick reveals with chamfer-stop, yellow brick block-and-start surrounds, moulded painted brick hoodmouldings over continued as stringcourses, painted stone sills and replacement window fittings. Central segmental-headed door opening to the south-east elevation having chamfered yellow brick reveals with chamfer-stop, yellow brick block-and-start surrounds, moulded brick hoodmoulding continued by stringcourse. Similar detailing and construction to attached outbuilding to the north-east. Set back from road in own grounds to the north-east of the centre of Buncrana. Former railway line to the north-west of house, railway bridge (see 40902940) located a short distance to the north-east. Approach avenue to house from the north-east. Gateway to the north-east comprising a pair of banded rusticated rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal capstones and with wrought-iron double-gates; pedestrian gateway adjacent to the north-west comprising decorative fluted cast-iron gate post on moulded base having decorative finial on moulded cornice over, and with wrought-iron gate.