Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Foot Bridge
Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- No type recorded
- Address
- Foot Bridge, Bridge House, 8 Killaire Avenue, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 1EY
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.66593, -5.71329
- Date of survey
- 04 February 2010
- HB reference
- HB23/15/046
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
The foot bridge has been demolished. The site is inaccessible.
The First Survey card records:
‘Footbridge of wrought & cast iron giving access over railway from grounds of house to the seashore. L-shape plan with straight flights having decor.
balustrad e& main bridge section arched over railway with w/iron lattice balustrade
Condition fair but requires painting.
Suggest built about 1870 with house
Date of visit: 19/2/75'
Historical information
N/A
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
The foot bridge has been demolished. The site is inaccessible.
General comments
Partial Survey Only
Nearby in the register
- The Gate LodgeHouseunder 1 mi
- Bridge HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- Killaire HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- LodgeNo type recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.