Railway Bridge, Fairhill Street, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, BT54 6AY is a listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Railway Bridge, Fairhill Street, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, BT54 6AY
- WRENN ID
- over-roof-burdock
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Constituency
- North Antrim MP: Jim Allister (TUV)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- D 115 403
- Coordinates
- 55.19801, -6.24974
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a late Victorian railway bridge, constructed between 1860 and 1879, providing access for agricultural purposes. The bridge spans 3½ metres with a segmented stone arch built of well-cut rockfaced sandstone voissoirs. The abutments and parapet walls are constructed of random rubble basalt. A raked parapet, 14 metres long with returned ends characteristic of bridges designed by Lanyon & McKinnon, sits above the arch, with a raking flat band above. The bridge’s carriageway is raked due to a significant change in ground level.
The bridge’s construction was associated with the former Ballymoney/Ballycastle railway line, which received Royal Assent on 22nd July 1875. Plans were prepared by John Lanyon and James E McKinnon, and construction began in January 1879 for a 3”-0” gauge line. Traffic began in October 1880. The initial contractors, Messrs Connor & Manistry, encountered financial difficulties, and the contract was subsequently completed by Messrs Butter & Fry. The railway ceased operation in 1950. The bridge now provides access from the top of Fairhill Street to agricultural fields. It possesses interest as an example of industrial archaeology.
Local climate
Railway Bridge, Fairhill Street, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, BT54 6AY sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% 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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