Bridge, Ballywalter Park, Springvale, Ballywalter, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2PP is a Grade B2 listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 20 March 2003.
Bridge, Ballywalter Park, Springvale, Ballywalter, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2PP
- WRENN ID
- little-pavement-wagtail
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 20 March 2003
- Address
- Bridge, Ballywalter Park, Springvale, Ballywalter, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2PP, BT22 2PP
- Irish grid reference
- J 620 681
- Coordinates
- 54.53534, -5.49672
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a small, simple, rustic bridge located in Ballywalter Park, near Springvale, approximately half a mile south of Ballywalter in County Down. Constructed between 1840 and 1859, it crosses a small stream close to the boundary of the garden behind the main mansion. The bridge has a basic design, featuring an arch approximately 1 meter wide formed from rough rubble voussoirs, set within a rubble-faced base wall. The arch rises slightly above ground level, giving the bridge a gentle hump-backed shape. There is no balustrade, and the stonework is surrounded by vegetation. Its simple, rustic style contrasts with the more elaborate, formal bridges designed by Charles Lanyon elsewhere in Ballywalter Park. The bridge was likely built during the layout of the demesne garden between 1846 and 1852. The listing covers the bridge and its parapet walls. Its group value stems from its contrasting style within the wider park landscape, and it holds local historical interest.
Local climate
Bridge, Ballywalter Park, Springvale, Ballywalter, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2PP sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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