Ministry of Defence Building L154 (Expense Magazine)
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L154 (EXPENSE MAGAZINE)
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1140099
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1993
- Statutory Address:
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L154 (EXPENSE MAGAZINE)
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- Date:
- 2001-08-28
- Reference:
- IOE01/03632/07
- Rights:
- © Mr Alan Simpson. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1140099
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1993
- Statutory Address 1:
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L154 (EXPENSE MAGAZINE)
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L154 (EXPENSE MAGAZINE)
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Epping Forest (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Waltham Abbey
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 37708 01200
Details
ROYAL GUNPOWDER FACTORY ST3700 3/10023 MOD BuildingL154 (Expense Magazine) GV II
Expense magazine for the storage of gunpowder produced at the incorporating mills. c1861. English bond yellow brick with coped gable ends to felt covering over brick-vaulted roof. Rectangular plan. One storey. Chamfered brick plinth. Flat brick arch over doorway in side wall, originally served by iron tramway. Built for the temporary storage of gunpowder, before it was transported into the northern part of the site for pressing, moulding and drying. It was later converted into a store for cordite dough, a stage which preceded incorporation in the mills (after they were converted for cordite incorporating in 1898-9). (RCHME report, 1993)
Listing NGR: TL3770801200
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 352174
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
The Royal Gunpowder Factory Waltham Abbey A Survey, (1994)
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