Listed Building record TQ 76 NE 1074 - BRIDGE, WITH RAILINGS, STAIRS, ABUTMENT AND LAMPS TO SOUTH SIDE OF CENTRAL AVENUE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1882 to 1922

Location

Grid reference TQ 7672 6959 (point)
Map sheet TQ76NE
County KENT
Civil Parish GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:

GILLINGHAM
TQ7669NE LOWER EAST ROAD, Pembroke 686-1/2/102 (South side) 06/06/84 Bridge, with railings, stairs, abutment and lamps to S side of Central Avenue (Formerly Listed as: CENTRAL AVENUE Railings, stairs, abutment, lamps; Central Ave, Lower E Rd & bridge Lower E Rd) (Formerly Listed as: LOWER EAST ROAD Railings, stairs, abutment, lamps; Central Ave, Lower E Rd & bridge Lower E Rd)
GV II
Railings, stairs, abutment, lamps and bridge. c1902 by Sir Henry Pilkington; rebuilt later C20. Red brick and Portland stone dressings, with cast-iron lamps. Retaining wall to S side of Drill Square with coped parapet, piers with segmental-gabled caps and 11 Art Nouveau-style foliate lamp stands to square lamps; 5 sets of steps down to Drill Square with coped parapets and round-arched openings, with cast-iron railings with fluted segmental head standards. Railings extend over bridge down both sides of Upper East Road. At E end, the bridge has a moulded cornice with simple brick balusters to balustrade over, round archway with radiating stone alternate voussoirs, and diagonally-set flanking buttresses. HISTORY: part of a complete early C20 barracks, with the Captain's House, Mess Block (Central Ave.), barracks (Pasley Rd) and ancillary buildings (qqv).
Listing NGR: TQ7672669591


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM