Building record 0246901002 - CADMORE END COMMON KILN
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1332094: KILN (DBC5945)
Map
Type and Period (1)
- BRICK KILN (Built about 1830, 19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Plan Form - Square.
Grade II. Kiln for firing bricks and tiles. Circa 1830 with later re-casing and parapet. Brick. Square building of downdraught type with shallow dome and central round chimney of header brick. Entrance on N.W. side. In use until c,1939 when local clay worked out. (Illustrated in Bucks and Berks Countryside, Vol. 20, No.149) (B7).
Description & photos of kiln working at full capacity in 1935 (B3-4,B6).
Updraught kiln. About 1800. The remaining kiln is 9 feet X 12 feet internally. Floor filled to level of brick infilling floor. Walls 4 feet thick but these have been thickened. Roof of brick vaulting with cement & tile outer skin. 2 feet diameter X 4 feet high cylinrical brick flue on roof. Important. (Drawing) (B10).
Sources (5)
- <3>SBC8129 Unpublished document: J Kenneth Major. 1971. REPORT ON KILN & CORRESPONDENCE.
- <4>SBC6845 Unpublished document: JONES LLOYD TO FARLEY M E & FIELD VISIT M E FARLEY, JUNE 1977 (SEE ALSO ANNOTATED MAP).
- <6>SBC1751 Photograph: BOARDER A,PHOTO & NEGATIVE (COPY OF PHOTO FILED;SE E ALSO BCM NEGS.A2/23/3-10).
- <7>SBC3985 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1986. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKS; WYCOMBE: PARISHES OF FAWLEY &C. p16A.
- <10>SBC28905 Unpublished document: Council for British Archaeology. 1971. Industrial Archaeology Record Cards 237307 & 237308. NMR BU68.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 79341 92996 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STOKENCHURCH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | FINGEST AND LANE END, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: National Record of Industrial Monuments (National Recording Project) (EBC18866)
Record last edited
Jan 21 2026 5:47PM
