Lester's Dam, Lagan Meadows, Belfast, BT9 5JX is a listed building in the Belfast local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Lester's Dam, Lagan Meadows, Belfast, BT9 5JX
- WRENN ID
- under-copper-umber
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Belfast
- Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down MP: Claire Hanna (SDLP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 334 703
- Coordinates
- 54.56412, -5.93779
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This structure, known as Lester's Dam, is located within Lagan Meadows, in the townland of Malone Upper, Belfast. It was recorded during the first survey of historic buildings in Northern Ireland. As it is not a built structure, it is not suitable for consideration for listing and has not been assigned a grade or architectural or historical interest.
Local climate
Lester's Dam, Lagan Meadows, Belfast, BT9 5JX sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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- 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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