Monument record 0062000000 - OLD BRICK FARM, DUNTON RD

Summary

Nineteenth century brick and tileworks recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: 19th century brick and tile works (DBC8894)

Map

Type and Period (5)

  • BRICKWORKS (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1945 AD)
  • TILE WORKS (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1945 AD)
  • BRICK DRYING SHED (Post-Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 1999 AD)
  • BRICKFIELD (Post-Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 1999 AD)
  • BRICK KILN (Post-Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

LARGE BRICKPIT RUNS NW FROM ROAD.CONTAINS DERELICT BRICK & TILE SHEDS & OPEN-SIDED DRYING HACKS. NEAR ROAD A SCOTCH KILN & BRICKMAKERS SHED. KILN HAD IRON ROOF(B4). RUINED SCOTCH KILN WITH 5 FIREHOLES, RUINED SHED & PITS VISIBLE 1979/80(B5). NGR:' BRICKFIELDS' & KILN,OS1879/85(B1)(SEE.ALSOCASS0622).
Cottage and stables were heavily renovated 20 years ago after falling into disrepair.
Brick maker's (next to 'Open Hacks') shed renovated.
Scotch kiln is heavily overgrown and the brickworking is cracking. AT RISK!
'Open Hacks' still largely extant with many products lying about.
Lead pump extant but fallen.
Brick makers shed demolished - no trace. (B6)

A 19th century brickworks is visible on historic aerial photographs and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located adjacent Old Brick Farm and centred at SP 84622 24804, an irregularly shaped brickfield covers an area about 10,323 square metres, within which is a rectangular building about 52 x 7 metres that was likely the processing and drying shed. Also visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 is a 6 metres quare brick kiln and what appears to be a surviving tall structure from the site of a second kiln that had been demolished, but which is itself demolished by 1961. The shed appears to survive in 1976, but has been demolished by 2003 to replaced by another on its footprint. The increasingly ruinous surviving brick kiln has also been demolished by this date. On aerial photographs taken in 2022 and recent remote sensing data, only the brickfield remains as an earthwork (8-14).

Sources (15)

  • ---SBC20218 Unpublished document: CMAG. 1980(?)-2001. Mineral Extraction Sites in Buckinghamshire. D0052.
  • <1>SBC10247 Map: OS 1879/85 6IN (1:10560) MAP, 1ST EDN.
  • <2>SBC6938 Bibliographic reference: KELLY'S DIR OF BUCKS (1864-1924)/HARROD J G ROYAL COUNTY DIRECTORY--OF BUCKS (1876).
  • <3>SBC16333 Bibliographic reference: VINCE JNT 1968(JAN) BRICKMAKERS OF LANGLEY &STEWKL EY IN BUCKSLIFE"PP12-14(PHOTOCOPYFILED)".
  • <4>SBC6628 Graphic material: INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RECORD CARD NO 237305(FILED )(HAS SKETCH PLAN OF SITE).
  • <5>SBC6889 Verbal communication: KEEN E, 1979 PERS COMM TO RJ EWLES (BC M TAPE NO3) /FIELD VISIT; ARP & RJ EWLES 1979 &80.
  • <6>SBC19028 Unpublished document: Sandy Kidd. 2000. Site Visit to Old Brick Farm.
  • <7>SBC19030 Graphic material: Kavan Davies Architecture Ltd. 2000. Survey of Existing Building and Elevations..
  • <8>SBC25698 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RP 3287 12-DEC-1946.
  • <9>SBC27058 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. RAF-58-4627 F43 351 16-AUG-1961.
  • <10>SBC27059 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. OS-73252 V 121 06-JUN-1973.
  • <11>SBC27060 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. OS-76044 V 289 29-APR-1976.
  • <12>SBC25593 Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. Google Earth Pro. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM Dated 01-JAN-2003.
  • <13>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 15-JUN-2022 SP8424.
  • <14>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP82SW Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2020 SP8424.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8464 2478 (220m by 170m)
Civil Parish STEWKLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13482)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 9179) (EBC18604)

Record last edited

Jan 28 2025 12:39PM

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