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

External Links

• Wikidata Q17530328

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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