Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB20/13/021

Address :
Bridge over Clady Water Printshop Road Nutts Corner Crumlin Co Antrim

Townland:
Ballymather Lower

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

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:
113/13

IG Ref:
J2345 8122

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Owner Category

Central Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

A twin-arched masonry bridge carrying a road over the Clady Water. Built of basalt rubble with rough stone voussoirs to segmental arches. Piers are faced with a triangular cutwater on each face. Rounded cement rendered copings over the river with rough stone copings beyond. Recessed arch and spandrel panel. Slightly humped carriageway, with grassy verges. Long approach wall on south side at east end, containing a segmental archway for flood water. Cutwater on north side has been capped with concrete supporting a services pipe across face of arches. SETTING: The bridge stands in a very rural area surrounded by rolling agricultural land; grassy banks with mature trees. Parapet on north side at west end now abutted by a new basalt rubble screen wall to a new entrance gateway to a nearby property.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Precise date of bridge not known but it appears on the OS map of 1833. The bridge is not recorded in the Industrial Heritage Record. References – Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1833, Co Antrim 56.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is a bridge of at least early 19th century date, of no special architectural merit or historic interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

22 April 2000