Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB11/02/012

Address :
New Bridge Kiln Street Fintona Co Tyrone BT78 2BJ

Townland:
Fintona / Ecclesville

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
08/07/1991 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:
156-16

IG Ref:
H4426 6105

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Owner Category

Transport

Exterior Description And Setting

A three-span road bridge, built c. 1860, carrying Kiln Street over Quiggery Water. Squared-and-snecked sandstone abutments, spandrels and parapets; string course to carriageway level; semi-circular sandstone coping to parapet. Three segmental-headed arches with ashlar sandstone voussoirs; V-shaped cutwaters to piers. Arch soffits are cement rendered. The carriageway is approximately 10m wide. Parapet walls are enclosed to east and west by square pillar with pyramidal coping stone. Rubble walls with rubble coping continue to west as retaining walls; some concrete repairs. Recent rubble walling with concrete coping to north-east. Storm water drain located in riverbank to north-west of bridge. The bridge is located on main road to south-east of Fintona town centre; residential dwellings to north-west, golf club to south-east. Roof N/A Walling Squared-and-snecked sandstone Windows N/A Rainwater goods N/A

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The bridge first appears, captioned 'New Bridge' on the third edition OS map of 1906. Stepping stones are marked on the previous edition of 1854 in the same location. McCutcheon sets out the development of coaching services in county in the 19th century and notes; “In the west of the county, beyond the Sperrins, the towns of Omagh and Strabane lay on the final stage of the Dublin-Derry mail coach route and both were well served by cross services, from Omagh to Enniskillen and Gortin, from Strabane to Castlederg and Dunnamanagh.” (p.41) References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/6/51/1-3 – Ordnance Survey Maps (1833, 1854, 1906) Secondary Sources 1. McCutcheon, W.A. ‘The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland’, HMSO, 1980

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

A substantial three-span bridge, built c.1860, carrying Kiln Street over Quiggery Water. The bridge is located to the south-east of the village. This sandstone bridge is well constructed and detailed with ashlar stonework. It is an attractive example of mid-nineteenth century engineering work and a good example of the type.

General Comments

Date of Survey

02 February 2009