Listed Building: AYLESFORD BRIDGE (1363113)
| Grade | I | 
|---|---|
| Authority | |
| Volume/Map/Item | 1347, 12, 87 | 
| Date assigned | 25 August 1959 | 
| Date last amended | 
Description
                            AYLESFORD CP                STATION ROAD TQ 7258 12/87                                               Aylesford Bridge                                                     (formerly listed as 25.8.59                                             The Bridge)
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Bridge.  C14, central arch widened by removing a pier to allow passage for larger river traffic in 1824.  Coursed and random rubblestone.  5 arches, that in centre wider, the outer 4-pointed and all double-chamfered with stone dressings. Sloping buttresses to piers with cut-waters below on rebuilt concrete foundations, revealed only at low tide.  Octagonal and triangular canted stand-points resting on buttresses over the piers with 2 to the south of the central arch and 6 to the north.  Stone-coped parapet.  A barge-bed remains below the bridge, constructed from large baulks of timber (this part not listable). Scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: TQ7294958946
                        
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 7294 5892 (point) | 
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| Map sheet | TQ75NW | 
| Civil Parish | AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT | 
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Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 11:31AM