'New Bridge', Drones Road, Armoy, Ballymoney, County Antrim is a Grade B2 listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 23 October 1980.
'New Bridge', Drones Road, Armoy, Ballymoney, County Antrim
- WRENN ID
- graven-buttress-mallow
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Constituency
- North Antrim MP: Jim Allister (TUV)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 23 October 1980
- Address
- 'New Bridge', Drones Road, Armoy, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Turnarober
- Irish grid reference
- D 068 328
- Coordinates
- 55.13102, -6.32588
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The 'New Bridge' is a single-arch road bridge built of rubble stone, carrying Drones Road over the River Bush. It dates from sometime between 1832 and 1857. The bridge is situated on the east side of the village of Armoy, in County Antrim. It is constructed of squared rubble with a segmental arch featuring dressed sandstone voussoirs and a keystone, a sandstone plat band at carriageway level, and sandstone coping to the parapets. The parapets terminate in square piers which project to each face of the bridge.
The bridge was not shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1832, but appears on the 1857 map, labelled ‘New Br[idge]’. It was constructed to carry a new stretch of Drones Road, providing a route for travel between Ballycastle and Ballymena and circumventing the village of Armoy. Construction likely occurred around 1835-1840, corresponding with the period when new roads were being built in the area, as noted in Lewis's 'Topographical Dictionary' of 1837. The bridge is noted for its industrial archaeological interest and contributes significantly to its surroundings.
Local climate
'New Bridge', Drones Road, Armoy, Ballymoney, County Antrim sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% 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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