Green's Bridge

Bridge in Kilkenny, Ireland, dating from 1760–1770

Five-arch bridge over river, designed 1763; built 1764-6. Repaired, 1835. Remodelled, 1969, producing present composition. Part ivy-covered walls centred on tooled limestone ashlar triangular cutwaters to piers having pedimented aedicule-topped stepped capping with cut-limestone beaded stringcourse on ogee consoles supporting parapet having cut-limestone coping. Series of five elliptical arches with cut-limestone blocked archivolts. Sited spanning River Nore with unkempt banks to river.

Type:
Bridge

Period:
1760–1770

Where:
Kilkenny, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.66°N, 7.25°W

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