Digital Dig Team

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Western freestanding chimney

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Other CommentsNow a detached chimney located to the west of the engine house, but originally set into the northeastern corner of a low, rectangular building (Feature 1.4), orientated northeast / southwest, and depicted on the historic OS maps and on the 1949 RAF aerial photograph. It would appear that the eastern face, at ground level, was functional and was not intended to be seen. The design of the chimney closely matches that attached to the engine house, both having a crenelated outer parapet, below the neck of the chimney, supported by corbels. Similarly, both have a protruding ring band just above the square base which was purely ornamental. The only notable difference is that the western chimney had a substantially larger diameter, both internally and externally, although both had broadly similar height. The detached chimney has an inscribed stone ‘E.S.C Esquire 1844’.

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