Bridge SW of Donard Bridge, Donard Park, Newcastle, Ballaghbeg, Co Down is a listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Bridge SW of Donard Bridge, Donard Park, Newcastle, Ballaghbeg, Co Down
- WRENN ID
- last-glass-mallow
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 369 299
- Coordinates
- 54.19984, -5.90252
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
A single-span, rubble-built footbridge was constructed in 1865. It is located within Donard Park, southwest of Donard Bridge and southwest of Newcastle town centre, on the slopes of the Mournes. The bridge is built of random rubble with low parapets, lacking copings. A date stone is present on the northeast face, featuring mid-20th century numerals in an Art Deco style, consistent with those on Donard Bridge. A more modern, primarily concrete bridge sits further southwest.
Originally built within the demesne surrounding Donard Lodge, the Newcastle residence of the Annesley family, the bridge's construction followed the family’s acquisition of the land from Anthony Magennis in 1747. Donard Lodge, designed by Duff and Thomas Jackson with revisions by builder John Lynn in the early 1830s, was demolished in 1966. The demesne is now managed by the Forest Service. An 1859 Ordnance Survey map depicts Donard Bridge and two footbridges southwest of it, one of which occupied the site of the current bridge.
Local climate
Bridge SW of Donard Bridge, Donard Park, Newcastle, Ballaghbeg, Co Down sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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