A spout bobbin is a round piece of wood which fits between a drainpipe and the wall. By the 1950s spout bobbins were one of the main products produced at Stott Park Bobbin Mill.
The illustration is reproduced in the 1983 Department of the Environment guidebook for Stott Park Bobbin Mill.
This is part of the Volume: IC175 Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Cumbria; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive
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Illustrator: Rowlands, Will
Victorian Bobbin Mill