Castle Bar, 1 Market Square, Antrim is a listed building in the Antrim and Newtownabbey local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

Castle Bar, 1 Market Square, Antrim

WRENN ID
bitter-obsidian-lake
Grade
Local Planning Authority
Antrim and Newtownabbey
Constituency
South Antrim MP: Robin Swann (UUP)
Country
Northern Ireland
Irish grid reference
J 146 867
Coordinates
54.71543, -6.22125
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

The Castle Bar stood on Market Square, Antrim, within the Town Parks townland. Based on mapping evidence, the building likely existed by 1832 and was probably constructed between 1840 and 1859. It was a two-storey corner building with a public house fronting onto the Market Square. The walls were rendered, with quoins marking the corners. The roof was slated, punctuated by two chimneys, one of which was built of modern brickwork. The upper floor had plain sash windows set within square, moulded architraves. The entrance on Castle Street was framed by an elliptical arch leading to a panelled door, which was flanked by three-pane sidelights and a fanlight featuring radial glazing. Number 2 Market Square, previously occupied by E. Craig Shoemaker, was incorporated into the building. The building was demolished and the site is now a landscaping scheme. It lay within the Antrim conservation area.

Local climate

Castle Bar, 1 Market Square, Antrim receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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