Purdysburn Bridge, Purdysburn Village, Ballycowan, BELFAST, County Down, ** See General Comments ** is a listed building in the Lisburn and Castlereagh local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Purdysburn Bridge, Purdysburn Village, Ballycowan, BELFAST, County Down, ** See General Comments **
- WRENN ID
- hollow-chancel-cream
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down MP: Claire Hanna (SDLP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 340 677
- Coordinates
- 54.54007, -5.92926
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a road-over-river bridge located in Purdysburn Village, near Ballycowan, Belfast, County Down. The bridge has replacement parapets and copings. It was surveyed during the First Survey, but was not listed at that time. A partial survey was undertaken during the Second Survey, but it was determined that the bridge does not possess sufficient architectural or historical interest to warrant a full Second Survey or listing. The bridge is currently in use as a bridge and is privately owned.
Local climate
Purdysburn Bridge, Purdysburn Village, Ballycowan, BELFAST, County Down, ** See General Comments ** sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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 sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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