Railway arch, off Rocks Chapel Road, Lisnamore, Crossgar, Co Down is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. Archway.
Railway arch, off Rocks Chapel Road, Lisnamore, Crossgar, Co Down
- WRENN ID
- woven-niche-briar
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Type
- Archway
- Irish grid reference
- J 454 504
- Coordinates
- 54.38156, -5.76223
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is the possible site of a railway arch, located along a lane to the east of Rocks Chapel Road, approximately one mile south of Crossgar in the townland of Lisnamore, County Down. The arch was likely built around 1856 as part of the former Belfast & County Down Railway line, designed by Sir John MacNeill and constructed by Patrick Moore, to carry the railway over a country lane. In 1978, the structure was described as a single elliptical arch constructed of rubble basalt with sandstone voussoirs, fielded bosses, and a string course at road level. However, there are now no discernible remains of the arch itself. The railway line, which ran between Crossgar and Downpatrick, closed in 1950. Historic maps from 1860, 1901, and 1920 held at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) detail the railway's route. The site is of industrial archaeological interest, although the structure is now demolished and not formally listed.
Local climate
Railway arch, off Rocks Chapel Road, Lisnamore, Crossgar, 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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