Kilbride Bridge

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A four span nineteenth century road-over-river bridge, built c. 1820, carrying Kilbride Road over Doagh River. The bridge is constructed of coursed basalt rubble with granite coping (now replaced in parts), with voussoirs to semi-circular arches. Each arch springs from a basalt pier with rubble V-shaped cutwaters. Arch soffits have been rendered. The interior of the parapet to carriageway has replacement cement pointing. The carriageway is approximately 6m wide. There is new rubble walling to the north-west. The walling to the south-east has rubble coping and some brick repair.

The bridge is set in a rural area to the north edge of Doagh village. There is a recent residential development to the south-west and an industrial estate to the north-east.

Roof N/A
Walling Squared-and-snecked basalt with sandstone dressing
Windows N/A
Rainwater goods N/A

Historical information

Architecturally, Kilbride Bridge appears to be c. 1820. It is recorded on the first edition OS map of 1833 and captioned 'Kilbride Br' on the 1859 Griffiths map.

References:

Primary Sources

1. PRONI OS/6/1/51/1 -First Edition OS map (1833)
2. PRONI VAL/2/A/1/45A - Griffiths Valuation Map (1859).

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A four-span nineteenth century road bridge located to the north of Doagh village. The bridge has well preserved cutwaters and arches with voussoirs but some repairs have been carried out that detract from the original character. This simply detailed bridge, once in a rural location now forms the edge of the village, with modern development to the north and south, which has compromised its setting. It is of a common type and not of special architectural or historic interest.