Survey Data
Reg No
22110016
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1750 - 1850
Coordinates
220495, 134919
Date Recorded
01/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Three-arch limestone road bridge over River Clashawley, built c.1770, on site of or incorporating fabric of medieval bridge, and widened by half again to north side 1840-1845. Rubble walls with V-plan cut-waters to west elevation, rusticated limestone voussoirs to elliptical arches at east side and rougher slightly pointed arches to west. Rubble parapets with roughly-dressed flat-topped capstones. Sited at south side of medieval gated entrance to town from Clonmel direction. Part of gateway survives at northeast side of bridge.
Appraisal
Visible from a considerable distance to the east, the elliptical arches of this bridge provide a pleasing form in the townscape. The neatly cut voussoirs and roughly dressed capping provide textural contrast to the rough rubble limestone of the walls. It is typical of the design and craftsmanship evident in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The fact of its having been widened adds interest to this structure.