Wallace’s Bridge, The Burn Road, Magherascouse, Comber, BT23 5NL is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. Bridge.
Wallace’s Bridge, The Burn Road, Magherascouse, Comber, BT23 5NL
- WRENN ID
- low-pillar-solstice
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Wallace’s Bridge, The Burn Road, Magherascouse, Comber, BT23 5NL, BT23 5NL
- Irish grid reference
- J 447 640
- Coordinates
- 54.50392, -5.76589
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The site of Wallace’s Bridge, formerly crossing the River Blackwater, is located on The Burn Road approximately one mile west of Ballygowan and 2.5 miles south of Comber. The original bridge, likely constructed before 1834, was a hump-backed road bridge built of rubble. It featured a flat segmental arch set at an angle to the road and possessed a slight upward curve to its parapets. The eastern abutment was curved, and the roadway joined at the northwest corner. The base of the bridge, at the waterline, was reinforced with stone and concrete. A first survey in January 1972 described the bridge as being in fair condition. Wallace’s Bridge was marked on Ordnance Survey maps from 1834 and 1858-60. The bridge was demolished around 1974 and replaced with a modern concrete bridge featuring a square arch. The site retains industrial archaeological interest.
Local climate
Wallace’s Bridge, The Burn Road, Magherascouse, Comber, BT23 5NL 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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