Pumping station at Ballykine Lodge, 5 Burren Road, Ballykine Upper, Ballynahinch, County Down, BT24 8LQ is a Grade B2 listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 18 September 1995.

Pumping station at Ballykine Lodge, 5 Burren Road, Ballykine Upper, Ballynahinch, County Down, BT24 8LQ

WRENN ID
forbidden-keep-grain
Grade
B2
Local Planning Authority
Newry, Mourne and Down
Constituency
Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
Country
Northern Ireland
Date first listed
18 September 1995
Irish grid reference
J 344 521
Coordinates
54.40049, -5.9299
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

The building is a simple, single-storey gabled pumping station constructed around 1900 in squared rubble with cream brick dressings. It was built as part of the Mourne-Belfast water conduit. The pumping station is situated in a hollow to the west of Burren Road, approximately 2 kilometres west of Ballynahinch. It adjoins a house of the same date and style, built as the residence for the employee who maintained the well house.

The south front of the building is symmetrical, featuring a semicircular arch-headed door opening with double timber doors. Above the door is an oculus with timber louvered infill, both featuring brick dressings. A matching oculus is present over a small sash window with two over two glazing on the north face, also with in and out brick dressings. The east and west faces each incorporate a single, off-centre segmental arch-headed window opening with a sash window (two over two glazing) and brick dressings. The external walls are built upon a small projecting plinth with chamfered brick dressings. The roof is covered with natural slate and features plain bargeboards, along with a corbelled brick eaves course. The walls are finished with squared rubble, incorporating in and out brick dressings to windows, and as quoins. Cast iron rainwater goods are present.

The pumping station was constructed in the early 20th century by the Belfast & District Water Commissioners. It appears to have been recently superseded by a more modern adjacent structure. The building holds industrial archaeological interest, and contributes to the group value of the site.

Local climate

Pumping station at Ballykine Lodge, 5 Burren Road, Ballykine Upper, Ballynahinch, County Down, BT24 8LQ receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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