Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB01/11/005 B

Address :
1 Victoria Road Waterside Londonderry BT47 2AB

Townland:
Gobnascale

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:
17/07/1978 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:
27/09/2002 00:00:00

Current Use:
Warehouse

Former Use
Railway Station Structures

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
36/8

IG Ref:
C4380 1598

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Owner Category

Commercial

Exterior Description And Setting

HB01/11/005B should be read with HB01/11/005A. The platform and canopy with supports continue from the station concourse in a south west direction parallel to the river. The former platform and canopy has been enclosed in a new envelope of modern masonry construction so that neither is visible from the exterior.

Architects

Barton, James

Historical Information

The platform and canopy were complete on 1 August 1900. The builder was Messrs Campbell of Belfast and the engineer/designer James Barton. However the iron structure of the canopy is similar to that developed by W H Mills, Chief Engineer of Great Northern Railways(I) appointed in 1877. The columns are facsimiles of those produced for Dundalk Station in 1870s. Mills design was described as “flexible and could be adapted to a wide range of buildings”. IHR-1614:10 References E M Patterson, ‘The County Donegal Railways’ 1962 A McCutcheon, ‘Railway History in Pictures, Ireland’ Vol 2 pp. .32

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Amuch altered component of a late Victorian railway station complex.

General Comments

Date of Survey

17 September 1998