Natural Arch, Orlock, Groomsport, County Down is a Grade D1 Record Only listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Natural Arch, Orlock, Groomsport, County Down
- WRENN ID
- leaning-porch-vale
- Grade
- D1 Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- North Down MP: Alex Easton (Ind)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 561 834
- Coordinates
- 54.67494, -5.58037
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The Natural Arch at Orlock, Groomsport, County Down, is a natural rock formation. It is not a built structure and is therefore not within the remit of this survey, nor does it hold architectural or historical interest for listing purposes. The extent of listing is not applicable, and this record represents a partial survey only.
Local climate
Natural Arch, Orlock, Groomsport, County Down 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- No flood data for this area
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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