Canal Bridge,

Barons Court, Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation: Record only (not listed)
Grade: Record Only
Type: Demolished
Date of listing: 24 August 1988
Date of delisting: 25 July 2011
Date of construction: 1800-1819
Address: Canal Bridge,, Baronscourt,, Newtownstewart,, Co Tyrone, BT78 4EX
Townland: Barons Court
Council: Derry City and Strabane
Country: Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54.68530, -7.44754
Date of survey: 09 April 2009
HB reference: HB10/04/001 P

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Single arched rubble stone lane over stream bridge, built circa 1800, demolished circa 2000. Bridge replaced by modern concrete and steel bridge.

Historical information

The Canal Bridge is shown from the 1833 OS map but not captioned. No Abercorn estate letters were found pertaining to this bridge.

The bridge was demolished c2000.

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)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This former small stone bridge has been demolished c2000 and replaced with a modern concrete and steel bnridge.

General comments

This record has been renumbered as part of a group-previously HB10/04/050 A

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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