Tower Bridge
About Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge is one of 1 buildings in Tower the National Inventory rates Regional. Tower Bridge dates from 1800–1840.
This bridge is a solidly constructed example of a nineteenth-century road bridge. The upstream cutwaters were designed to lessen the impact of water on the bridge, thus protecting its structural integrity.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20907333 · 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 · 20907333↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Tower Bridge
Tower
Other recorded walls, gates and bridges around Tower
The nearest is Inishcarra Bridge in Ballincollig, 3.8 km away. There are 8 with photos within 40 km. South Gate Bridge in Cork City Centre is the farthest, at 9.2 km.
Questions about Tower Bridge
Is Tower Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20907333).
Can you visit Tower Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Tower Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1840.
Is Tower 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).
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