Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/07/033

Address :
[Former railway] bridge Killaughey 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:
J5861 7884

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Road bridge (over a former railway line) on a bend on the Killaughey Road, on the western outskirts of Donaghadee.The bridge is constructed in random rubble with sandstone dressings to the elliptical arch and a (partly chamfered) coping to parapets. There is also a sandstone course to each side above the arch. Voussoirs are rock faced. Brick intrados. The bridge has a slight hog back and the road is now tarmaced. Large 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 the cuttings still remain. 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 J. Setting

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Fine road overbridge of c.1859-60, over a former railway line.

General Comments

Date of Survey

08 May 1998