Hoffman Kiln at Betchworth Pits TQ20755140
HOFFMAN KILN AT BETCHWORTH PITS TQ20755140, STATION ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1028781
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Hoffman Kiln at Betchworth Pits TQ20755140
- Statutory Address:
- HOFFMAN KILN AT BETCHWORTH PITS TQ20755140, STATION ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1028781
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Hoffman Kiln at Betchworth Pits TQ20755140
- Statutory Address 1:
- HOFFMAN KILN AT BETCHWORTH PITS TQ20755140, STATION ROAD
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.
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:
- HOFFMAN KILN AT BETCHWORTH PITS TQ20755140, STATION ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Mole Valley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Betchworth
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 20742 51401
Details
BETCHWORTH C.P. STATION ROAD TQ 25SW 4/18 "Hoffman" Kiln at 21/1/86 Betchworth Pits. TQ20755140 GV II
Hoffman kiln. Built c.1867 by the Brockham Brick Company in connection with its lime quarrying activities. Brown brick tower approximately 110 feet high. Rectangular plan, tapering towards the top with iron bands to bind the topmost courses of brick. Arched entrance to the southern side almost obscured by foliage, the former oven now filled with debris. Part of a good group of industrial buildings, the kiln was last used in 1901.
SURREY HISTORY I 3 (1975) "Stone Mining in East Surrey" by P. W. Sowan pp83-94. Records for the Brockham Brick Company can be found at Surrey County Record Office.
Listing NGR: TQ2074251401
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 290127
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Surrey History I, (1975), 83-94
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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