Former railway bridge, (W of Landsdowne estate), Castleaverry, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Former railway bridge, (W of Landsdowne estate), Castleaverry, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23
- WRENN ID
- rusted-tallow-burdock
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 483 720
- Coordinates
- 54.57505, -5.70678
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a sandstone railway bridge built around 1848-50, located to the west of the Landsdowne estate, approximately a mile south of Newtownards, County Down. The bridge spans a narrow lane. It is constructed from coursed, rock-faced sandstone with a semicircular arch featuring V-jointed voussoirs. The bridge has curved approaches leading to abutments on both sides, and a parapet with coping and a projecting band below. The top of the bridge is overgrown. The bridge formed part of the Belfast & County Down Railway line, which connected Belfast, Comber, and Newtownards and opened in May 1850. The railway line was closed in 1953. The bridge is now unused, overgrown, and derelict, but appears largely intact. Its survival holds industrial archaeological interest.
Local climate
Former railway bridge, (W of Landsdowne estate), Castleaverry, Newtownards, 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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- 1 Railway bridge, (West of) Holmea Farm, 111 Comber Road, Castleaverry, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 4QS
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- 3 Bridge, Cannyreagh Road, Hogstown, Donaghadee, Co Down
- 4 Bridge, Gransha Road, Bangor, Co Down, BT 19
- 5 Road and rail bridge, Comber Road, Ballygowan, Co. Down, BT23 6HA
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