Monument record MDM 074 - Kiln House

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Summary

Brickworks, marked as 'Works' on 1:10560 map. Kilns survive as a built structure and grassed mounds in the grounds of Kiln House (formerly The Firs).

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Grid reference Centred TM 2711 8096 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TM28SE
Civil Parish MENDHAM, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Brickworks, marked as 'Works' on 1:10560 map. Ovens still survive overgrown. In operation at the time of the 1840 Tithe Map - R. Chaston owner, George Godbold occupier (latter listed in 1844 White's Directory under Metfield as 'Geo Godbold, farmer and brick and tile maker' (see MTF 048) ; White's Directory 1891-1892 under Mendham lists 'C W Chaston, brick and tile maker') (S1).
Kilns survive as a built structure and grassed mounds in the grounds of Kiln House (formerly The Firs). To the S is rough ground, formerly the yard & pit of the works; a cliff demarcates the S boundary.

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  • <S1> (No record type): Hardy M J, 1984.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeology in Suffolk 1984, PSIA, 36, 1985, (1), 47-48.

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Sep 7 2005 3:03PM

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