Ministry of Defence Building L135 at TL 3766 0144
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L135 AT TL 3766 0144
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1329392
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Ministry of Defence Building L135 at TL 3766 0144
- Statutory Address:
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L135 AT TL 3766 0144
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1329392
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Ministry of Defence Building L135 at TL 3766 0144
- Statutory Address 1:
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L135 AT TL 3766 0144
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:
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE BUILDING L135 AT TL 3766 0144
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 37660 01440
Details
ROYAL GUNPOWDER FACTORY TL3700 3/10004 MOD Building L135 at TL 3766 0144 GV II
Tray magazine. 1882. English bond brick with red brick bands; slate roof over brick vault. Rectangular plan. One storey. C20 doors: entry was under a covered porch, the step of which retains a hide floor covering fixed by copper nails. Small segmental-headed window to north and 2 brick buttresses to east. The magazine was converted into a workshop in the 1950s. This building was served by the now-filled canal to the west, and groups with L133 and 136 (qv). (RCHME report, 1993).
Listing NGR: TL3766001440
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 352184
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
The Royal Gunpowder Factory Waltham Abbey A Survey, (1994)
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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