1865
Belfast & Co. Down Railway Company
Benjamin Ferrey
Co. Down
Helen's Bay
railway stations
Random Building
1857 – Scrabo Tower, Newtownards, Co. Down
1865 – Railway Station, Helen’s Bay, Co. Down
Architect: Benjamin Ferrey
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.
