Ministry of Defence Building L167 at TL 3777 0112
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L167 AT TL 3777 0112
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1251073
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1993
- Statutory Address:
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L167 AT TL 3777 0112
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- Date:
- 2001-08-28
- Reference:
- IOE01/03632/05
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1251073
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1993
- Statutory Address 1:
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L167 AT TL 3777 0112
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L167 AT TL 3777 0112
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 37770 01120
Details
ROYAL GUNPOWDER FACTORY TL3700 3/10008 MOD Building L167 at TL 3777 0112 GV II
Charcoal store, later converted into Reel Drying Stove. 1889, converted c1898. Flemish bond yellow brick with hipped roof. Rectangular plan: originally of 9 x 2 bays, with 7-bay room to north of 2-bay south end; truncated by removal of south room. One storey. Chamfered brick plinth, stepped brick cornice and chamfered abaci to pilasters which separate bays, each spanned by segmental arches over cast-iron framed windows and double doors to west elevation. Other elevations articulated in similar style. Blocked round openings indicate the position of entry for steam pipes. Interior noted as having iron roof trusses. Significant for its association with the manufacture of cordite, which Waltham had pioneered and which in the 1890s took over as the main services explosive. The incorporating mills (qv) switched over from the manufacture of gunpowder to cordite in 1898/9. The drying stove represents the next stage in the manufacturing process after pressing, when cordite was taken here to dry on racks before it was taken to the reeling house for winding. (RCHME report, 1993).
Listing NGR: TL3777001120
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 352181
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
The Royal Gunpowder Factory Waltham Abbey A Survey, (1994)
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