Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/16/033

Address :
Wallace’s Bridge, The Burn Road, Magherascouse, Comber BT23 5NL

Townland:
Magherascouse

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Demolished

Former Use
Bridge

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Demolished

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OS Map No:
167/6

IG Ref:
J4477 6402

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Site, on The Burn Road c.1 mile W of Ballygowan (c.2.5 miles S of Comber) of a road bridge, demolished in c.1974 with a new bridge built in its place. The original bridge was described in the 1st survey (28th Jan. 1972) as a ‘Hump bridge over the River Blackwater with flat segmental arch, set at an angle to the road and built in rubble with slight upward curve to parapets and curved abutment on E and with roadway junction at NW. Base at waterline reinforced with stone and concrete. Condition fair. The new bridge is constructed in concrete with a square arch.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A bridge is shown on this site on the 1834 and 1858 OS maps marked ‘Wallace’s Bridge’ in both instances. The bridge was replaced with a modern concrete version in c.1974. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI OS map 1st ed. 1834, Down 16. 2 PRONI OS map 1st rev. 1858-60, Down 16. 3 EHS HB24/16/33 1st survey notes and slide. 4 EHS OS map 167-6 (1:2500) 1973. Secondary sources 1 W.A. McCutcheon ‘The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland’ (HMSO 1980), pp.15-16.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Site of rubble-built, hump-backed road bridge of probable pre-1834 construction, demolished in c.1974 and replaced with a modern concrete version.

General Comments

Date of Survey

24 January 1999