Description

BROCKHAM BROCKHAM QUARRY
1.
5387
TQ 15 SE Brick Kilns at
SP/483
TQ19885100
II 10/483

2.
Brick Kilns. Circa 1870. Rectangular plinth with originally 8 Kiln chimneys above.
Brick. Plinth with brick dressed arches to the front giving access to the main firing
chamber, approached along a sunken road. Built into a hillside, originally 8 kilns
stood on the plinth, the majority in pairs with a large chimney tower between kilns
5 and 6. Now 7 of the 8 kilns have collapsed. The northermost kiln remains with its
bottle shape, strengthened by iron ties, standing approximately 15 feet high. Part of
a set of industrial buildings connected with the Brockham Brick Company which extracted
limestone and hearthstone on the site.
SURREY HISTORY 1 3 (1975) "Stone Mining in east Surrey" by P W Sowan pp83-94. The
records of the Brockham Brick Company can be found at Surrey County Record Office.

Listing NGR: TQ1987551011

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26524390

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)