Bridge, with railings, stairs, abutment and lamps to north side of Central Avenue
Bridge, with railings, stairs, abutment and lamps to north side of Central Avenue, Lower East Road, Gillingham
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1267800
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jun-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Bridge, with railings, stairs, abutment and lamps to north side of Central Avenue
- Statutory Address:
- Bridge, with railings, stairs, abutment and lamps to north side of Central Avenue, Lower East Road, Gillingham
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1267800
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jun-1984
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 05-Dec-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Bridge, with railings, stairs, abutment and lamps to north side of Central Avenue
- Statutory Address 1:
- Bridge, with railings, stairs, abutment and lamps to north side of Central Avenue, Lower East Road, Gillingham
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Bridge, with railings, stairs, abutment and lamps to north side of Central Avenue, Lower East Road, Gillingham
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Medway (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 76726 69591
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 03/06/2019
TQ7669NE
686-1/2/102
GILLINGHAM
Pembroke
LOWER EAST ROAD (south side)
Bridge, with railings, stairs, abutment and lamps to north side of Central Avenue
(Formerly listed as Bridge, with railings, stairs, abutment and lamps to south side of Central Avenue, LOWER EAST ROAD (south side))
(Previously Listed as: CENTRAL AVENUE Railings, stairs, abutment, lamps; Central Ave, Lower East Road & bridge Lower East Road)
(Previously Listed as: LOWER EAST ROAD Railings, stairs, abutment, lamps; Central Ave, Lower East Road & bridge Lower East Road)
06/06/84
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 south side of Drill Square with coped parapet, piers with segmental-gabled caps and eleven Art Nouveau-style foliate lamp stands to square lamps; five 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 east 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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 462579
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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