Listed Building record TQ 76 NE 1074 - BRIDGE, WITH RAILINGS, STAIRS, ABUTMENT AND LAMPS TO SOUTH SIDE OF CENTRAL AVENUE
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Location
Grid reference | TQ 7672 6959 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ76NE |
County | KENT |
Civil Parish | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
Unitary Authority | MEDWAY |
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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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- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
Feb 19 2008 12:26PM