Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/07/027

Address :
Railway overbridge (to The Commons) (off Millisle Road) Donaghadee Co Down

Townland:
Donaghadee

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
25/02/2005 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:
132/4

IG Ref:
J5942 7922

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Situated to the E of the Millisle Road and giving access from a lane at the rear of houses to The Commons, this footbridge was originally built to span a former railway line. The bridge is constructed in random rubble with sandstone dressings to the elliptical arch and a (chamfered) coping to parapets. There is also a sandstone course to each side above the arch. Voussoirs are rock faced. Brick intrados. Concrete posts have been inserted into the parapet with wire ‘fencing’ between each post. The bridge has a slight hog back and the walkway is now tarmaced. Sections of the sides of the bridge are now covered in greenery.

Architects

Historical Information

This bridge was probably constructed c.1859-60, in time for the opening of the Donaghadee Branch of the Belfast and Co. Down Railway in 1861. The line was closed in 1950 but the cuttings remain and the bridge is still necessary as a pedestrian link. References- Primary sources. 1. PRONI OS Maps 1st rev 1858-60, Co. Down 3.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form F. Structural System H-. Alterations detracting from building J. Setting

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Unusually substantial pedestrian overbridge over a former railway line.

General Comments

Date of Survey

08 May 1998