1865 – Railway Station, Helen’s Bay, Co. Down

Architect: Benjamin Ferrey

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Opened in 1865 and built at the expense of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ave, whose estate it was situated in. Constructed for the Belfast & Co. Down Railway Company, and designed by Benjamin Ferrey in a Scottish Baronial style. It contained in addition to the usual passenger facilities, a private waiting room for the Marquis. A staircase led down to a sunken courtyard from which two laneways left – one to Clandeboye House for the Marquis and the other to the nearby beach.

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