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) | 
|---|---|
| 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)
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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