Bellmount Bridge
About Bellmount Bridge
Bellmount Bridge is one of 218 buildings in Mullingar the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Bellmount Bridge to 1805–1810. One other place on the record stands within 400 m.
A typically well-built canal bridge, which is a valuable part of the architectural heritage of Westmeath and the industrial heritage of Ireland. Although humble in form, this structure has a simple and functional elegance.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 15401802 · 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 · 15401802↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 4 historic places in about 20 minutes
Mullingar · about 1 km on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Bellmount BridgeStart here
- 2Bellmount House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
- 3
Ballina BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on - 4Keoltown CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Kilpatrick BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)1.2 kmKeoltown HouseRegional rating (NIAH)1.6 kmLadestown House (stables, farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH)1.8 km1 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded walls, gates and bridges around Mullingar
All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Start with 34th Lock in Ballynacargy, 10 km away. Farthest out is Kelly's Bridge, Ballynacargy, 14 km away.
Questions about Bellmount Bridge
Is Bellmount Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 15401802).
Can you visit Bellmount Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Bellmount Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1805–1810.
Is Bellmount 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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