Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Poundburn Bridge,
Barons Court, Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Bridge
- Date of listing
- 24 August 1988
- Date of delisting
- 25 July 2011
- Date of construction
- 1820-1839
- Address
- Poundburn Bridge,, Baronscourt,, Newtownstewart,, Co Tyrone
- Townland
- Barons Court
- Council
- Derry City and Strabane
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.68144, -7.44675
- Date of survey
- 09 April 2000
- HB reference
- HB10/04/001 M
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A former single-span rubble stone bridge erected c.1830 in dense woodland at the south of Baronscourt demesne. The bridge has been rebuilt with modern rubble stone parapets bounding a dirt road and bridging a concrete pipe carrying a fast-flowing stream known as ‘Pound Burn’ under the road. Little historic interest remains.
Historical information
The Poundburn Bridge is shown from the 1833 OS map but not captioned. No Abercorn estate letters were found pertaining to this bridge. It is not known when the bridge was rebuilt but it appears to have been recently.
References:
Primary Sources
1. PRONI OS/6/6/17/1 -First Edition OS Map (1833)
2. PRONI OS/6/6/17/2 -Second Edition OS Map (1854)
3. PRONI OS/6/6/17/3 -Third Edition OS Map (1907)
4. PRONI OS/6/6/17/4 -Fourth Edition OS Map (1947)
Secondary Sources
1. Bence-Jones, M. “A Guide to Irish Country Houses.” Second Revised Edition. London: Constable and Robinson, 1990.
2. Day, A. and P. McWilliams, eds. “OS Memoirs of Ireland, Parishes of County Tyrone I, 1821, 1823, 1833-36, Vol. 5.” Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, 1990.
3. Dean, J. A. K. “The Gate Lodges of Ulster.” Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1994.
4. Lewis, S. “A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Vol. I.” London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837.
5. O’Brien, J. and D. Guinness. “Great Irish Houses and Castles.” London: George Weidenfield & Nicolson Ltd., 1992.
6. Rowan, A. “North West Ulster: Londonderry, Donegal, Fermanagh, and Tyrone.” Dublin: Penguin Books, 1979.
7. The Irish Architectural Archive Dublin. [Internet Source]. Available from: (Accessed 22/04/09)
8. Young, R.M. “Belfast and the Province of Ulster in the Twentieth Century.” Brighton” W. T. Pike, 1909
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A former single-span rubble stone bridge erected c.1830 in dense woodland at the south of Baronscourt demesne. The bridge has been rebuilt with modern rubble stone parapets bounding a dirt road and bridging a concrete pipe carrying a fast-flowing stream known as ‘Pound Burn’ under the road. Little historic or architectural interest remains.
General comments
Renumbered as part of a group-previously HB10/04/050D
Nearby in the register
- Ashwood Bridge,Demolishedunder 1 mi
- Glenburn Bridge,Demolishedunder 1 mi
- Canal Bridge,Demolishedunder 1 mi
- Cloonty Cottage,Houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.