Ministry of Defence Building L165 at TL 3777 0108
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L165 AT TL 3777 0108
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1140102
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1993
- Statutory Address:
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L165 AT TL 3777 0108
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- Date:
- 2001-08-28
- Reference:
- IOE01/03632/04
- Rights:
- © Mr Alan Simpson. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1140102
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1993
- Statutory Address 1:
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L165 AT TL 3777 0108
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L165 AT TL 3777 0108
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 37712 01084
Details
ROYAL GUNPOWDER FACTORY TL3700 3/10007 MOD Building L165 at TL 3771 0108 GV II
Mineral jelly store. 1914-17. Brick with slate roof Rectangular plan. One storey. West elevation has 2 double doors and east elevation has 2 cast-iron framed windows. Interior: tie-beam trusses; four iron lockers with iron doors, originally served from northern room, are built into northern wall. Associated with the incorporation of cordite. Cordite was developed by the Government's Explosives Committee, a patent being taken out in 1889 and the initial experimental manufacture being carried out at Waltham Abbey. The development of useable cordite was dependant on the use of acetone as a solvent and mineral jelly as a stabiliser. (RCHME report, 1993).
Listing NGR: TL3777001080
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 352182
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
The Royal Gunpowder Factory Waltham Abbey A Survey, (1994)
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