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Fuze Magazine
AREA/LOCATION: STRUCTURE No. D4 was 42
DATE: 1931 NGR: TM 438835 48845
ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Fuze Magazine
CONSTRUCTIONAL TYPE: Brick
10ins) x 3.54m
LATEST FUNCTION: Fuze Magazine
DIMENSIONS: 7.28m (23ft
(11ft 8ins)
Height: 2.85m (9ft 4ins)
DOCUMENTARY REFERENCE: AWRE 1971 42; PSA 1973 42 explosives building disused
PHOTOGRAPHS:AA99/08470
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER FEATURES: Associated with D5
DESCRIPTION:
The Fuze Magaine is a single storey brick built structure comprising an inner Fletton brick wall laid to
English bond, a cavity and an outer red brick cladding wall laid to stretcher bond. The Magazine is set
on a foundation course laid to English bond with a double layer Welsh slate damp proof course. The
cavity is ventilated by earthenware ventilation bricks, while the bays are ventilated by metal vents set
at floor and eaves level. At the east end of the building is self-contained bay formerly accessed from
a single outward opening wooden door to the north. To the west are two further bays formerly accessed
from a single wooden outward opening door with bronze door furniture, adjacent to the door
is a metal boot scraper. This door gave access to a shifting lobby with coat hooks remaining on the east
wall and on the west wall is a blackboard. Access to the central bay clean area was over a toeboard,
whose position is marked by wooden batons. All the bays were lit by enclosed magazine type lights
with wires sealed in metal small bore metal pipes, at the east end of the building is a metal electrical
switch box. To the south each bay is lit by a pair of hinged wooden 4 light windows with opaque wired
glass. On the west wall are some surviving fixing bands for the copper lightning conductor strap.
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