- Address
- Adare
- Type
- Bridge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21824056
Adare Bridge
Adare
About Adare Bridge
The National Inventory rates Adare Bridge National, one of 1 in Adare. Its record dates Adare Bridge to 1390–1850. 9 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Originally built by the fifth Earl of Kildare, this bridge was widened in 1837 by the Earl of Dunraven who added the large refuges. The fifth to the tenth pointed segmental arches counting from the north side are original medieval arches.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21824056 · 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 · 21824056↗National is the National Inventory’s second-highest rating: a building of significance across Ireland.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes
Adare · about 900 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Adare BridgeStart here
- 2School, Saint Nicholas's Church (Adare)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3The RectoryRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 4
Adare CastleNational monument to visit · 200 m on - 5Adare Manor (bridge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
5 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Adare Bridge
Is Adare Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated National (record 21824056).
Can you visit Adare Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Adare Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1390–1850.
Is Adare 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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