Bridge, Ballynichol Road, Ballynichol, Comber, Co. Down, BT23 5NW is a Grade B2 listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 27 February 2004.
Bridge, Ballynichol Road, Ballynichol, Comber, Co. Down, BT23 5NW
- WRENN ID
- distant-landing-equinox
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 27 February 2004
- Address
- Bridge, Ballynichol Road, Ballynichol, Comber, Co. Down, BT23 5NW, BT23 5NW
- Irish grid reference
- J 451 670
- Coordinates
- 54.53061, -5.75808
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a road bridge located on Ballynichol Road, approximately 1.5 miles south of Comber, County Down. It was likely constructed between 1856 and 1857 to carry the Ballynichol Road over what was then a new Belfast and County Down Railway line, connecting Comber and Downpatrick (formally opened in 1859). The bridge is built of basalt rubble with sandstone dressings, set at a slight skew. It features a single elliptical arch faced with sandstone voussoirs, with a brick intrados springing from a sandstone course. The south face has curved abutments, and sandstone courses sit above the arch on both sides. Sandstone coping defines the parapets. The bridge is partially obscured by vegetation, and the road surface is tarmac. The railway line ceased operation in 1950, and the cutting is now disused. The bridge is of industrial archaeological interest and possesses local historical significance. It is shown on an Ordnance Survey map of 1858-60 and is referenced in historical railway documentation.
Local climate
Bridge, Ballynichol Road, Ballynichol, Comber, Co. Down, BT23 5NW sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% 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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