Wilson Memorial, Drones Road, Armoy, Ballymoney, County Antrim is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Wilson Memorial, Drones Road, Armoy, Ballymoney, County Antrim
- WRENN ID
- empty-finial-bramble
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Constituency
- North Antrim MP: Jim Allister (TUV)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- Wilson Memorial, Drones Road, Armoy, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Turnarobert
- Irish grid reference
- D 068 328
- Coordinates
- 55.13116, -6.32558
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a relatively simple, gothic-style gabled stone memorial fountain, erected in 1887 to commemorate Andrew Richard Wilson, a local man who died the previous year. It is situated within a small, walled public space on the east side of Drones Road, near its junction with Glenshesk Road, in the townland of Turnarobert.
The memorial is constructed from dressed sandstone and features a gable with corner buttresses, moulded coping with "double gable" ends, and a small finial. The west-facing front has two recessed areas. The lower recess, originally containing a fountain (now removed and replaced with dressed stone blocks), is segmental-headed. The upper recess has a pointed arch and a moulded reveal, containing a polished granite panel bearing a dedication to Andrew Richard Wilson, describing him as "a useful member of society and a kind friend." The inscription is now worn, and some letters are difficult to read. Above this recess, near the gable's apex, is a decorative moulded monogram "ARW" (Andrew Richard Wilson) and the date "1887 AD". The memorial’s construction was funded by Wilson’s friends and family. The fountain, when originally installed, provided the village’s only source of piped water and was removed sometime before a 1972 survey.
Local climate
Wilson Memorial, 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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