Ballygowan Bridge, The Square, Ballygowan, Co. Down, BT23 6HA is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Ballygowan Bridge, The Square, Ballygowan, Co. Down, BT23 6HA
- WRENN ID
- tall-alcove-heath
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- Ballygowan Bridge, The Square, Ballygowan, Co. Down, BT23 6HA, BT23 6HA
- Irish grid reference
- J 430 637
- Coordinates
- 54.50234, -5.79238
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The Ballygowan Bridge is a road bridge spanning the Ballygowan River in the centre of the village of Ballygowan, dating to a probable origin before 1834, with construction likely occurring between 1820 and 1839. The bridge is of industrial archaeological interest.
The north-western face of the bridge appears largely original, built of random basalt rubble with two small segmental arches and a central cutwater. A basalt rubble 'bank' borders the river on the north side at this point, and a matching rubble parapet is present. The south-eastern face has been reconstructed, almost certainly due to recent road widening. This rebuilt section features a curving, coursed rubble parapet and two modern square concrete arches. The road surface above the bridge is tarmacked.
The original, slightly narrower version of the bridge is depicted on Ordnance Survey maps from 1834 and 1858, and also appears on Taylor’s and Skinner’s map of 1777. The road widening necessitated the reconstruction of the south-eastern face. Historical records from 1811 mention a Patrick Miskelly being wanted in connection to the murder of a William Skilling at Ballygowan Bridge. The bridge is owned by central government.
Local climate
Ballygowan Bridge, The Square, Ballygowan, Co. Down, BT23 6HA 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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