Former railway bridge, Ballydyan Road, Ballydyan, Ballynahinch, Co Down is a Grade B2 listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 27 May 1980.
Former railway bridge, Ballydyan Road, Ballydyan, Ballynahinch, Co Down
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-chapel-gorse
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1980
- Irish grid reference
- J 416 546
- Coordinates
- 54.42073, -5.81798
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a single-span road bridge, built in 1857-58, carrying the Ballydyan Road over the former Belfast & County Down Railway line, approximately three miles northeast of Ballynahinch. The railway line was closed in 1950. The bridge is considered of special interest for its style, proportion, intact plan form, structural system, and local historical significance, and is an example of industrial archaeological interest.
The bridge is largely constructed of squared fieldstone, with sandstone used for the parapet coping, the elliptical arch’s voussoirs, and string courses at road level and where the arch springs. Large abutments with sandstone coping and squat end piers are positioned on either side of the arch. Corrugated sheeting now largely covers the arch, which is currently used as a cattle shed, with a door located on the southern side. Both faces of the bridge are heavily overgrown with ivy.
The bridge was built as part of the Belfast & County Down Railway Company’s line to Ballynahinch. It was likely designed by Sir John MacNeill, the company’s chief engineer, and constructed by Patrick Moore. The listing includes the bridge and its side walls.
Local climate
Former railway bridge, Ballydyan Road, Ballydyan, Ballynahinch, Co Down receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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