Fountain, Opposite 26 Bridge Road, Monkstown, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Antrim and Newtownabbey local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Fountain, Opposite 26 Bridge Road, Monkstown, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim
- WRENN ID
- endless-cobble-gold
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- Fountain, Opposite 26 Bridge Road, Monkstown, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, Ballyhowne
- Irish grid reference
- J 340 843
- Coordinates
- 54.68954, -5.9215
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a roadside fountain located opposite 26 Bridge Road, Monkstown, Newtownabbey, County Antrim. The fountain’s construction date is estimated to be between 1920 and 1939. It features a plain, fluted column and was originally inscribed "Kennedy, Kilmarnock" on its internal mechanism. The spout is missing, and the water likely issued through a cap that is also no longer present. The fountain stood beside the bridge parapet and opposite a terrace of houses. The pump mechanism has now been removed. The fountain appeared on Ordnance Survey maps from 1938 to 1951. Further details are provided in the Environment Heritage Service report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond (January 1997, Pump no 55). The fountain is recorded as derelict and holds some industrial archaeological interest.
Local climate
Fountain, Opposite 26 Bridge Road, Monkstown, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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