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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530328

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