Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Footbridge
Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Bridge
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- Footbridge, Bushfoot, Portballintrae, Antrim
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.21924, -6.53423
- HB reference
- HB03/05/037
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1827 "Antrim, Raghery." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
This bridge was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. A partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the building is not worthy of a full survey.
Description in 1972: A footbridge on the Bush river contructed of timber planks with timber ballistrades. There are four piers with salient angled ends upstream, three are of blackstone rubble and one, much reduced in size, of concrete. An unequal sided pier, triangular in section, rises from upstream end of second pier from the east side.
Description in November 2012: A new timber bridge has been constructed on the original stone piers. An affixed plaque reads - 'The Three Quarter bridge' Replaced by the 5th Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment. Officially opened by Cllr Robert McIlroy, Chairman of Moyle District Council on 1st May 1995.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This bridge was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. A partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the building is not worthy of a full survey.
Description in 1972: A footbridge on the Bush river contructed of timber planks with timber ballistrades. There are four piers with salient angled ends upstream, three are of blackstone rubble and one, much reduced in size, of concrete. An unequal sided pier, triangular in section, rises from upstream end of second pier from the east side.
Description in November 2012: A new timber bridge has been constructed on the original stone piers. An affixed plaque reads - 'The Three Quarter bridge' Replaced by the 5th Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment. Officially opened by Cllr Robert McIlroy, Chairman of Moyle District Council on 1st May 1995.
General comments
**This record was recorded in the wrong district during the 1st survey as HB05/08/020 and is now being renumbered as HB03/05/037.**
This bridge was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. A partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the building is not worthy of a full survey.
Nearby in the register
- Strawbridge HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- 3 Old Coastguard CottagesHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 2 Old Coastguard CottagesHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 1 Old Coastguard CottagesHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.