Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/04/097

Address :
Bridge Ballywalter Park Springvale Ballywalter Newtownards Co. Down BT22 2PP

Townland:
Springvale

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
20/03/2003 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Bridge

Former Use
Bridge

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
150/13

IG Ref:
J6207 6810

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Small, simple rustic rubble bridge over a small stream, close to the edge of the garden to the rear of the mansion at Ballywalter Park, roughly half a mile south of Ballywalter. The bridge is basic and merely consists of an arch c.1m wide with rough rubble voussoirs and a rubble faced base wall. The arch rises slightly above ground level giving the bridge a slight hump-backed appearance. There is no balustrade and vegetation surrounds the stonework.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

This simple bridge stands in contrast to the formal decorative bridges by Charles Lanyon elsewhere in Ballywalter Park. It was probably constructed during the laying out of the demesne garden in 1846-52. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI OS/6/3/12/2 Ordnance Survey Maps, 1st Revision, 1860 Secondary sources 1 Lord Dunleath et al 'Ballywalter Park' (Belfast, 1985) 2 Alistair Rowan, "Ballywalter Park, Co. Down- I, II’ in 'Country Life", vol.CXLI, No.3652, 2nd March 1967, pp.456-60: No.3653, 9th March 1967, pp.516-20 3 J.A.K. Dean, 'The Gate lodges of Ulster- a gazetteer', (Belfast, 1994) p.63

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form F. Structural System J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Small, simple, rustic bridge which stands as a contrast to the decorative formal ‘Lanyon’ bridges elsewhere in Ballywalter Park.

General Comments

Date of Survey

11 November 1997