Kennedy’s Bridge, [near Cherryvalley Drive etc.], Cherryvalley, Comber, Co Down, BT23 is a listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Kennedy’s Bridge, [near Cherryvalley Drive etc.], Cherryvalley, Comber, Co Down, BT23
- WRENN ID
- vast-cornice-coral
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 465 689
- Coordinates
- 54.54794, -5.73628
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This sandstone railway bridge was built between 1848 and 1850 to carry a railway line over a road near Cherryvalley in Comber. It formed part of the Belfast & County Down Railway, connecting Belfast, Comber, and Newtownards, which opened in May 1850. The railway line was abandoned in 1953. The bridge is now disused, neglected, and partly damaged, though it appears structurally sound. It is built of snecked sandstone and features a single semicircular arch with projecting voussoirs, a brick intrados, and a ‘spring’ band. Piers and curved retaining walls flank the arch on each side. A course runs above the arch on the southern face, where modern metal gates have been added. The southern parapet is missing much of its coping and has modern concrete fence posts. The northern face is largely obscured by vegetation. The railway tracks have been removed, and the area is now overgrown. The bridge retains industrial archaeological interest, reflecting its role in the railway network. Historic mapping from 1858-60 and published historical accounts document its construction and subsequent abandonment.
Local climate
Kennedy’s Bridge, [near Cherryvalley Drive etc.], Cherryvalley, Comber, Co Down, BT23 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% 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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