The imposing red brick station building at Douglas Station was constructed in 1901, replacing an earlier wooden structure with a tinplate roof (similar in design to the building at Santon Station only on a much larger scale) and comprised a large booking hall, ticket hatches with respective staff offices and administration offices.  It has been much-altered and its current incarnation bears little resemblance internally to the original design of the building.  During the 1990 refurbishment a mezzanine floor was added above the servery and kitchens of the restaurant (occupied until 2010 by Greens vegetarian restaurant, superceded by the Tickethall in January 2011), to provide additional customer seating.  Since modifications were made in 1978 at the time of nationalisation the station master's office has been located in the original porter's office, and offices were created in the northern portion of the building by the addition of stud walling.  Today the office space is largely empty, having latterly been occupied by the traffic management team and sales divsion of the railway, responsible for the souvenir shops, etc.  Upon completion of the Banks Circus development on the site of the original carriage shed in 1999 the station was vacated by these staff.  In January 2011 it was announced that a restoration scheme was to be started which will see the building re-roofed and the vacant office space redeveloped into passenger facilities.