Huntly Bridge, Huntly Road, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32

Huntly Bridge, built c.1857, is a twin-span masonry bridge which carries a two-lane road over the River Bann. The abutments and piers are of rock-faced randomly-sized blackstone blocks set in irregular courses. There is a semicircular cutwater at both ends of the pier, of regularly coursed blackstone blocks, which rises to arch spring level, with a dressed granite cap topped with cement. The equi-sized arches have segmental profiles, random rubble soffits, and dressed granite voussoirs. The spandrels are of squared random rubble blackstone. The spandrel above the cutwater on the downstream (W) face of the bridge contains a slit recess. The spandrel above the cutwater on the upstream face has a carved bearded head at the top of which is the date ‘1857’. The parapets are also of squared blackstone rubble. They are coped with roughly dressed granite blocks and terminate in out-projecting piers. The banks are pitched with random rubble blackstone walls for a short distance above and below the bridge. Walling: Stone Setting Modern housing development to north-east; agricultural land to south-east; sewage works to north-west; dwelling to south-west.