Tallow Bridge — Tallowbridge

The saved account records: Eleven-arch rubble stone road bridge over river, c.1700.

The saved account records: Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar, cut-stone triangular cut-waters, and replacement concrete coping, c.1975, to parapets.

The saved account records: Series of eleven round arches with limestone ashlar voussoirs having chamfered reveals, and squared rubble stone soffits having replacement cement render, c.1975, over.

The saved account records: Sited spanning River Bride (and flood plain) with grass banks to river.

Tallow Bridge — Tallowbridge matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: An elegantly-proportion substantial bridge forming an imposing landmark on the River Bride, and in the centre of Tallowbridge. The traditional construction in rubble stone serves to integrate the bridge into the surrounding landscape, while the profile of the arches identifies the civil engineering heritage significance of the composition. The bridge is one of the earliest-surviving bridges in County Waterford, and is possibly of some archaeological importance. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.