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Kiln at Tregonning Hill Brickworks, Breage, Cornwall, Historic building record |
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Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
HE Projects, Cornwall Council were commissioned by PDP Green on behalf of Roger Benney to carry out an historic building record of a Grade II listed beehive Scrivener kiln at Tregonning Hill, Breage, the only remaining building associated with a former 19th century brickworks. The kiln, originally constructed for firing bricks, is located at NGR SW 6049 2993. The record was carried out in advance of consolidation work, to stabilised and protect the structure, as part of a Higher Level Stewardship agreement entered into by the Benny family with Natural England. The kiln, which now stands alone in a field on the north-east slopes of the hill, was originally built as part of the Tregonning Hill China Clay and Brick Works established in the early 1870s by William Argall (a local mine captain and manager of the earlier clay works at Tregonning Hill) with the financial backing of John Toy of Helston and William Harvey of Hayle (both iron founders). The kiln is a single phase structure which bears evidence for some minor repair works. It is likely to have been in use as part of the brickworks for a period of approximately thirty five years before its abandonment. Significantly this 19th century kiln survives whilst all the other buildings and structures associated with the Tregonning Hill China Clay and Brick Works have not. The surviving kiln is designated as a Grade II listed building and contributes to and is part of the Tregonning and Gwinear Mining District within the World Heritage Site for Cornish Mining. The granite and brick structure with its original domed roof (for the most part intact) is a fine example of a 19th century beehive Scrivener kiln, once common in Cornwall, but now becoming increasingly rare. |
Author: |
J Sturgess
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Publisher: |
Cornwall Archaeological Unit
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2013
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Kiln at Tregonning Hill Brickworks, Breage, Cornwall |
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BREAGE |
District: |
Cornwall |
County: |
Cornwall |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Tregonning Hill Breage |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Tregonning Hill |
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Cornwall |
Grid Reference: 160490, 29930 (Easting, Northing)
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cornwall2-153840 |
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Report number 2013R045 |
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A4 bound document
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Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |