Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/16/037

Address :
Bridge, Ballynichol Road, Ballynichol, Comber, Co. Down BT23 5NW

Townland:
Ballynichol

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
27/02/2004 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Bridge

Former Use
Bridge

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
167/2

IG Ref:
J4520 6700

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Owner Category

Central Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

Road bridge on the Ballynichol Road (c.1.5 miles S of Comber), over a former railway line. The bridge is set at a slight skew and is in basalt rubble and sandstone. There is a single elliptical arch with sandstone voussoirs and a brick intrados springing from a sandstone course. The S face has curved abutments. There is a sandstone course above the arch on both faces. Sandstone coping to parapets. Much of the bridge is covered in greenery. The road is covered in tarmac.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

This bridge was probably constructed 1856-7 to carry the [present] Ballynichol Road over the new BCDR railway line between Comber and Downpatrick (officially opened in March 1859). The bridge is indicated on the OS map of 1858. The railway closed in 1950. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI OS map 1st rev. 1858-60 Down 10. 2 EHS OS map 167-2 (1:2500) 1972. Secondary sources 1 W.A. McCutcheon ‘The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland’ (HMSO 1980), pp.157, 175. 2 Desmond Coakham ‘Belfast & County Down Railway’ (Leicester 1998), p.41.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation J. Setting

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Road bridge of c.1856 over a now disused railway cutting, in rubble and sandstone.

General Comments

Date of Survey

20 January 1999