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Fuze Magazine
AREA/LOCATION: STRUCTURE No. D5 was 41 & 87
DATE: 1936 NGR: TM 43798 48813
ORIGINAL FUNCTION: Fuze Magazine
CONSTRUCTIONAL TYPE: Brick
2ins) x 3.46m
LATEST FUNCTION: Fuze Magazine
DIMENSIONS: 5.85m (19ft
(11ft 4ins) Height:
2.58m (8ft 6ins)
DOCUMENTARY REFERENCE: AWRE 1971 41; PSA 1973 Explosives bdg (disused)
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RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER FEATURES: Associated with D4
DESCRIPTION:
The Fuze Magazine is a single storey brick built structure comprising an inner Fletton brick wall laid
to English bond, a cavity and an outer cladding in red brick wall laid to stretcher bond, the cavity is
ventilated by earthenware vents. It is set on a brick foundation course with a double layer Welsh
slate damp proof course and has a flat asphalt covered concrete roof. The Magazine was entered
from the northeast through a porch or shifting lobby (now collapsed), access into the magazine
area was over a toe board, whose position is marked by surviving wooden batons. Internally the
magazine is divided into a longitudinal corridor to the east and to the west are three small self
contained magazine bays, each originally closed by a wooden outward opening door with brass
door furniture. Each bay was ventilated by a metal vent in its west wall. The magazine corridor
was lit by two pairs of 4 light metal framed windows to either side of the porch, which was itself
lit by a similar window. The windows are fitted with opaque wired glass. On the southwest corner
of the Magazine are a number of surviving fixing points for the lightning conductor earthing strap.
A number 87 is sprayed on the Magazine.
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