Furnaces at Morley Park Iron Works, Morley Park
FURNACES AT MORLEY PARK IRON WORKS, MORLEY PARK, PARK LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1108984
- Date first listed:
- 29-Nov-1965
- List Entry Name:
- Furnaces at Morley Park Iron Works, Morley Park
- Statutory Address:
- FURNACES AT MORLEY PARK IRON WORKS, MORLEY PARK, PARK LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1108984
- Date first listed:
- 29-Nov-1965
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 25-May-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Furnaces at Morley Park Iron Works, Morley Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- FURNACES AT MORLEY PARK IRON WORKS, MORLEY PARK, PARK LANE
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:
- FURNACES AT MORLEY PARK IRON WORKS, MORLEY PARK, PARK LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- Amber Valley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ripley
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 37998 49190
Details
SK 34 NE RIPLEY PARK LANE (south side)
5/100 Furnaces at Morley Park Iron Works, Morley Park (formerly listed as Old 29.11.65 Iron Works)
II*
Pair of coke iron furnaces. c1780 and 1818 with restoration 1986. Built for Francis Hurt. Coursed squared gritstone with ashlar dressings and quoins, fire brick linings. Two tall tapering towers, square in plan and each partly built into the hillside. Both have deeply splayed pointed tapping arches to west fronts with small entrance into the kilns to the back under iron lintels. Northern kiln has raised oval datestone inscribed '1818' above the arch. Similar illegible datestone to southern kiln. Similar smaller blowing arches to north and south sides of each kiln. Iron climbing hoops to each corner of north kiln, up to the flat top. Southern kiln has semi-circular arched tunnel to south side allowing access to pointed blowing arch. Both kilns have tapering cylindrical interiors lined with fire bricks. Also a Scheduled Ancient Monument No 187. Sources: 'The Morley Park Iron Furnaces' by F Nixon, Derbyshire Life and Countryside April-June 1951.
Listing NGR: SK3799849190
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 79143
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Derbyshire Life and Countryside in Derbyshire Life and Countryside, (1951)
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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