Survey Data
Reg No
40401707
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
Date
1855 - 1860
Coordinates
257753, 314405
Date Recorded
16/07/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Triple-arch limestone and sandstone road bridge, built 1858, over Dromore River. Cut-stone copings serving as plinth for cast-iron diamond lattice railings to both sides of flat tarmacadam deck. Railings terminating with square-profile lattice piers with domed finials. Roughly coursed limestone spandrels capped by projecting cut-stone course below parapet copings. Cut voussoirs to segmental arches with sharp arris to arch rings. Date stone on upriver elevation to top of arch with Clements family arms shield to arch on downriver elevation. Roughly coursed stone soffits. Rounded dressed limestone U-cutwaters with rounded cappings. Ashlar abutments. Imposts of outer arches rounded towards bank.
Appraisal
A well composed and sharply detailed bridge set in Ashfield Demesne, displaying a mixture of stone dressing techniques. The bridge is particularly distinctive for its decorative lattice ironwork parapet railings. It is noteworthy for both for its civil engineering heritage interest and as an example of architectural patronage of the Clements family. Set within one of the finest demesnes in Cavan, the bridge forms part of a significant group of demesne related structures.