Ponsonby Bridge
About Ponsonby Bridge
The National Inventory rates Ponsonby Bridge Regional, one of 17 in Straffan. Ponsonby Bridge dates from 1790–1810.
Ponsonby Bridge, although significantly altered through the application of cement render, is a fine bridge that forms an imposing feature on the Grand Canal and is one of a group of bridges on the section of that canal that passes through County Kildare.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 11901406 · 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 · 11901406↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Ponsonby Bridge
Straffan
Like it: recorded walls, gates and bridges near Straffan
Closest of all: Devonshire Bridge, Kill, 2.4 km away. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. The farthest is Digby Bridge and 16th Lock in Sallins, 7.7 km away.
Questions about Ponsonby Bridge
Is Ponsonby Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 11901406).
Can you visit Ponsonby Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Ponsonby Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1790–1810.
Is Ponsonby 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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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