Bridge

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A single-span road bridge, built c.1810, carrying Cornavarrrow Road over stream. Random rubble parapets and spandrels; dressed rockfaced sandstone coping to parapet is rounded to ends. Single round-headed arch with sandstone voussoirs. Arch soffit is cement rendered. The carriageway is approximately 3m wide.

Setting

The bridge is located on remote rural road surrounded by agricultural land; riverbank bounded by hedging and mature trees.

Roof N/A
Walling Random rubble
Windows N/A
Rainwater goods N/A

Historical information

This simple bridge appears to date from the early nineteenth-century due to the inclusion of some ornamentation, such as sandstone voussoirs and rounded coping on an otherwise plain rubble structure. The small span of the arch also indicates an early construction date.

The bridge appears, uncaptioned, from the first edition of the OS map in 1833.

References:

Primary Sources

1. PRONI OS/6/6/33/1 – First Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1833)
2. PRONI OS/6/6/33/2 – Second Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1854)
3. PRONI OS/6/6/33/3 – Third Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1905)
4. PRONI OS/6/6/33/4 – Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1939-51)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A single-span bridge, built c.1810, carrying Cornacarrow Road over stream. This simple bridge, built of rubble stone, displays some level of ornamentation through sandstone dressings to voussoirs, although cement repairs to the structure detract from its appearance. It does not meet the statutory and policy tests as a building of special architectural or historic interest.