Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB18/05/009

Address :
Former railway bridge Abbeyview Road Clontaghnaglar Crossgar Downpatrick Co Down

Townland:
Clontaghnaglar

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:
27/05/1980 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:
27/11/1997 00:00:00

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:
205/1

IG Ref:
J4262 5367

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Single span, largely rubble built, road bridge of 1857-58 built to carry the Abbeyview Road over a stretch of the former Belfast & County Down Railway line. The line was removed in 1950. The bridge is located along the Abbeyview Road, roughly 2 miles NW of Crossgar. The bridge is mainly constructed in squared fieldstone, with sandstone used as coping to the parapets, voussoirs to the elliptical arch, and as a string course at road level. (There may be another string course at arch springing level, but the presence of thick greenery has obscured much of the lower portion to both sides.)

Architects

Macneill, Sir John

Historical Information

This bridge was constructed in 1857-58 to carry what is now known as the Abbeyview Road over a new stretch of the Belfast & Co Down Railway Company’s line to Ballynahinch. It was probably designed by the BCDR’s chief engineer, Sir John MacNeill, and built by his principal contractor, Patrick Moore. The line closed in 1950. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI OS/6/3/23/2 OS map, Down sh 23, 1858 Secondary sources 1 W.A. McCutcheon ‘The industrial archaeology of Northern Ireland’ (Belfast HMSO 1980), p.143 etc. 2 Desmond Coakham ‘The Belfast & County Down Railway’ (Midland Publishing Ltd. 1998)

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Single span, largely rubble built, road bridge of 1857-58 built to carry the Ballydyan Road over a stretch of the former Belfast & County Down Railway line. The line was removed in 1950. Bridge is not considered to be of special architectural or historic interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

12 October 2000