Building record 0440903000 - OLD RETORT HOUSE AND CHIMNEY, GRAPE HOUSE YARD

Summary

Remains of late nineteenth century estate gasworks at Cliveden

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1165558: OLD RETORT HOUSE AND CHIMNEY SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF GRAPE HOUSE YARD, CLIVEDEN

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Type and Period (3)

  • GAS WORKS (Constructed before 1872, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • RETORT HOUSE (Built before 1872, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • GAS HOLDER (19th Century to Modern - 1875 AD? to 1914 AD?)

Description

Grade II. C19. Red brick; corrugated iron roof. Remains of estate gasworks. Chimney cement-rendered to resemble tree trunk (B7).
Gasworks built for the Marquis of Westminster, pre-1872. A gasometer is marked on the 1875-
1914 OS maps, indicating the location of the former gasworks. Retort house still stands and is Grade
II listed (NHLE No 1165558). The chimney is disguised as tree trunk (B26).

Sources (2)

  • <7>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p209.
  • <26>SBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer. p20.

Location

Grid reference SU 91279 85563 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Nov 29 2023 2:28PM

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