Bridge over Douglas Burn, Knock Road, Douglas Bridge, Strabane, BT82 8QR is a listed building in the Derry City and Strabane local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Bridge over Douglas Burn, Knock Road, Douglas Bridge, Strabane, BT82 8QR
- WRENN ID
- lesser-bronze-finch
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Derry City and Strabane
- Constituency
- West Tyrone MP: Órfhlaith Begley (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- H 388 908
- Coordinates
- 54.76383, -7.39697
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a single-span road bridge, built in 1859 to carry Knock Road over Douglas Burn. Constructed during the mid-19th century, the bridge is built from ashlar sandstone for the spandrels, piers, and abutments, set upon a sandstone plinth. It features a rubble parapet with sandstone coping, and the ends of the parapet are rounded. The single, segmental-headed arch is formed of ashlar sandstone voussoirs, and a sandstone string course runs along the carriageway. The arch soffits are of squared sandstone rubble, and the embankments to the north and south are constructed of rubble. The carriageway is approximately 5 metres wide. A datestone within the parapet wall is inscribed "BRIDGE BUILT BY WILLIAM DIGS 1859." The bridge first appears on the 1905 Ordnance Survey map, where a ford is marked on the site in the 1855 edition. It is situated in a rural setting to the east of Strabane, with agricultural land bounded by hedging to the east and west of the road. While it is an interesting example of industrial archaeology, the bridge is not of sufficient interest to warrant formal listing.
Local climate
Bridge over Douglas Burn, Knock Road, Douglas Bridge, Strabane, BT82 8QR sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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