What is recorded here
Rockwork Bridge in Heronstown was carefully built from rough limestone to look as though nobody had built it. Paying men to stack stones until it looked like you hadn’t paid men to stack stones: the Guinness family understood country living.
Single-arch bridge, erected c. 1860, comprising roughly hewn slabs of limestone arranged to form apparently natural bridge.
Benjamin Lee Guinness and his brother Arthur bought Thornhill Estate in 1835, renaming it St. Ann's after the nearby holy well. The estate was considerably expanded by Benjamin and his successor, Arthur Edward Guinness (Lord Ardilaun). Benjamin Lee undertook extensive landscaping and constructed several classical and rustic follies to enhance the gardens. Intended to resemble a naturally-occurring feature, this bridge is one of a group constructed to form a path leading from the formal planned walled gardens to the supposedly untamed surrounds of the river.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 50030028
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