Listed Building record TQ 73 SW 51 - BRIDGE AND DAM WALL AT TQ 721 339

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1833 to 1866

Location

Grid reference TQ 7210 3389 (point)
Map sheet TQ73SW
County KENT
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish GOUDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
GOUDHURST BEDGEBURY PARK TQ 73 SW 9/85 Bridge and dam wall at TQ 721 339 GV II Bridge and dam wall. Mid C19. Sandstone blocks. To the south, the walling forms part of the retaining wall to Marshalls Lake, with a semi-circular sink-hole to take overflow water. The culvert passes out to the north side, round-headed with flanking offset buttresses. Parapet walls to roadside, about 3 feet high, with small terminating buttresses. Part of Alexander Beresford-Hope's improvements to the park at Bedgebury; now part of the Bedgebury National Pinetum.
Listing NGR: TQ7210033900


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

Barbara Simms, 2009, The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Tunbridge Wells Borough:Bedgebury Park (Unpublished document). SKE16072.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Barbara Simms. 2009. The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Tunbridge Wells Borough:Bedgebury Park.
  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Oct 11 2013 12:06PM