The Old Priory Ruins, Priory Park, Holywood, County Down, BT18 0LG is a Grade D1 Record Only listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

The Old Priory Ruins, Priory Park, Holywood, County Down, BT18 0LG

WRENN ID
young-cobalt-tarn
Grade
D1 Record Only
Local Planning Authority
Ards and North Down
Constituency
North Down MP: Alex Easton (Ind)
Country
Northern Ireland
Address
The Old Priory Ruins, Priory Park, Holywood, County Down, BT18 0LG, BT18 0LG
Irish grid reference
J 400 793
Coordinates
54.64312, -5.83107
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

The Old Priory ruins represent the remains of a late medieval ecclesiastical site situated within the burial ground at Priory Park, Holywood. This ruin is designated a Scheduled Monument (DOW:001002) and is excluded from this survey. It is also a monument. The listing does not extend to the full site, nor is it considered to possess architectural or historical interest.

Local climate

The Old Priory Ruins, Priory Park, Holywood, County Down, BT18 0LG sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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