Bridge in Ballyteige Slobland, County Wexford (15705202)

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Single-arch road bridge over canal, completed 1853. Part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed rock faced limestone ashlar walls between dragged edged rock faced limestone ashlar piers with lichen-spotted rock faced cut-limestone stringcourses supporting benchmark-inscribed parapets having rock faced cut-limestone coping. Single elliptical arch with drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar crow stepped voussoirs centred on drag edged rock faced cut-limestone keystones. Sited spanning Ballyteige Canal with unkempt embankments to canal.

A bridge representing an important component of the mid nineteenth-century civil engineering heritage of south County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition, one erected in connection with land reclamation works organised by John Henry Raymond Rowe DL (1809-74) of Ballycross House (see 15704731), confirmed not only by the robust rock faced surface finish demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the elegant "sweep" of the arch making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over the Ballyteige Canal (cf. 15704644; 15704645; 15704714): meanwhile, a benchmark remains of additional interest for the connections with cartography and the preparation of maps by the Ordnance Survey (established 1824).

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 15705202

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