- Address
- Leixlip
- Type
- Bridge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 11804032
Rye Bridge
Leixlip
About Rye Bridge
Rye Bridge is one of 44 buildings in Leixlip the National Inventory rates Regional. Rye Bridge dates from 1780–1820. 55 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Rye Bridge is a fine cut-stone bridge that forms an attractive feature on the Rye Water and is one of a group of bridges on the section of that river that passes through County Kildare. The construction of the arches that have retained their original shape is of technical and engineering merit.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 11804032 · 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 · 11804032↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Leixlip · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Rye BridgeStart here
- 2Leixlip Castle (boathouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3Leixlip Castle (house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Leixlip Castle (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Leixlip Hydro Power StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Catholic Church of Our Lady's NativityRegional rating (NIAH)300 mLeixlip Castle (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mLeixlip HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mCastle View HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mShingle HouseRegional rating (NIAH)400 m11 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Leixlip: more walls, gates and bridges on the record
The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Closest of all: Collins' Bridge, Lucan, 2.5 km away.
Questions about Rye Bridge
Is Rye Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 11804032).
Can you visit Rye Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Rye Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1780–1820.
Is Rye 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). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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