Listed Building: AYLESFORD BRIDGE (1363113)
Grade | I |
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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 |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 11:31AM