- Address
- Trim
- Type
- Bridge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14328043
Watergate Bridge
Trim
About Watergate Bridge
Watergate Bridge is one of 62 buildings in Trim the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Watergate Bridge to 1900–1905. 39 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This bridge is an excellent example of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century construction. Cast-iron and concrete construction dating from this period is unusual in Ireland.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14328043 · 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 · 14328043↗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
Trim · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Watergate BridgeStart here
- 2John Spicer and CompanyRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Castleview HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Saint Mary's Convent of MercyRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 5Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
St. Mary's AbbeyArchaeological monument (SMR)300 m
Saint Patrick's Cathedral (Trim)Regional rating (NIAH)300 m
Trim CastleNational monument to visit300 mThe Old RectoryRegional rating (NIAH)300 mPresbytery, Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)400 mSaint Mary's Convent National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH)400 m11 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded walls, gates and bridges around Trim
Start with Balbrigh Bridge in Robinstown, 5.2 km away. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. Farthest out is 16th Lock, Kilcock, 19 km away.
Questions about Watergate Bridge
Is Watergate Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14328043).
Can you visit Watergate Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Watergate Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1900–1905.
Is Watergate 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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