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Naughton House, Iron Footbridge
Ornamental Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Naughton House, Iron Footbridge
Classification Ornamental Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Naughton House Policies; Naughton Estate, Private Footbridge
Canmore ID 31784
Site Number NO32SE 46.04
NGR NO 37390 24692
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31784
- Council Fife
- Parish Balmerino
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO32SE 46.04 37390 24692
FB [NAT]
OS (GIS) AIB, June 2006.
This cast iron footbridge crosses the back drive to Naughton House about 35m SE of the House. It was built by the Durie Foundry in 1818.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 June 2006.
J Gifford 1988.
Cast and wrought iron with masonry abutments. Segmental spans with gothic quatrefoil decoration, railed parapet. (Historic Scotland)
Project (2007)
This project was undertaken to input site information listed in 'Civil engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' by R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Publication Account (2007)
One of Scotland’s earliest surviving iron bridges carrying a footpath 20 ft above a private estate road. Masonry abutments support an iron arch of 11 ft span, cast in 1818 by, and erected by, Henry Balfour & Co., Durie Foundry, Leven. Balfour, son of the owner of Dundee Foundry (1792–ca.1816), had purchased Leven Foundry in 1817 when Russell, the previous owner, had gone out of business. The name of the foundry and date are cast on the bridge. The deck has been strengthened with unobtrusive steel joists and a reinforced concrete slab. Most of the original ironwork is intact and the bridge is almost certainly a unique survivor of its type.
Paxton and Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
