- Type
- Bridge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 40401729
Lawson's Ford Bridge
About Lawson's Ford Bridge
Lawson's Ford Bridge is one of 34 buildings in Cootehill the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Lawson's Ford Bridge to 1730–1770. One other place on the record stands within 400 m.
An eighteenth century road bridge characterised by its rubble stone construction and Classcial composition with graduated arches. The fall of the ground on approach to the bridge and the name 'Lawson's Ford' suggest that it was the site of an earlier fording of the Annalee River.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 40401729 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 40401729↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Lawson's Ford Bridge
Cootehill
1 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Walls, gates and bridges on the record near Cootehill
Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. Ballynascarva Bridge in Rockcorry is the nearest, at 6.4 km. At the edge of the list, 25 km away: Sarah Bridge, Kingscourt.
Questions about Lawson's Ford Bridge
Is Lawson's Ford Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 40401729).
Can you visit Lawson's Ford Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Lawson's Ford Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1730–1770.
Is Lawson's Ford Bridge protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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