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) - I 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)

  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 7294 5892 (point)
Map sheet TQ75NW
Civil Parish AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 11:31AM