Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
'Centre Feature' of Traffic Island
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- No type recorded
- Address
- 'Centre Feature' of Traffic Island, Castle Street, Gilford, Banbridge, Co Down
- Council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.37372, -6.35949
- Date of survey
- 14 March 2012
- HB reference
- HB17/01/009
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A former cast-iron lamp standard located at the traffic island at the junction of Castle St, Gilford. Now removed.
The First Survey card records:
‘1909. The central feature of a traffic island at the junction of Castle Hill and Hill Street, is formed by a C.I. lamp standard. above a splayed and chamfered base a slim attached columns with foliated caps and scotia – profile plinths rise to a multi – foil with foliated and decorated cap, above this a standard rises to the lamp. The lamp is modern and completely alters the form of the monument.
“erected by the inhabitats of Gilford in memory of Hugh Dunbar McMaster Esq. J.P. 1907”
Date of visit: 29.9.70’
Historical information
N/A
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A former cast-iron lamp standard located at the traffic island at the junction of Castle St, Gilford. Now removed.
General comments
Partial Survey Only
Nearby in the register
- 38 Mill StreetHouseunder 1 mi
- Gilford LibraryLibraryunder 1 mi
- Gilford Free Presbyterian ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- Dunbarton StreetNo type recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.