Survey Data
Reg No
30341048
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
145252, 201948
Date Recorded
04/09/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Three-arch limestone bridge, built c.1820, over Gort River. Snecked cut limestone walls, segmental arches with cut-stone voussoirs, carved U-cutwaters to north-east elevation and V-cutwater to south-west elevation. Dressed stone parapet walls topped with curved cut-stone copings.
Appraisal
This limestone bridge displays skilled craftsmanship and engineering. Dating from the early nineteenth century, during an era of increasing prosperity for Gort, the bridge would have been an appropriately fine structure heralding the entrance to the main street of a prosperous market town. The curved copings to the parapet walls add interest to the streetscape.