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BRICKWORKS IN THE VALE OF THE WHITE HORSE - NanCy-Stébbing, John Steane
While collecting material for the'gazeteer of .0Xfdidshire brickwork
and post medieval 'potteiy'sites'a.number were'visited.'"Sincethey
be published mOre. fUllyin Oxoniénsiá only btieftioteS:are apPended:- The
Uffington brick and tile Co. .at Baulking (PRN 9945, SU 313904) h'isiiitS,
engine shed and.remaits:of other'bUildings: Good documentai.Y-evidence
c: 19056 has survived and Mi. K.J."Wheeler, whcisé.kather USed to:5 Manage
these works, Was'interviewed b)i N. Stébbing. At tâckinge KilnYarM- -
(PRN 9720 SU 423834) was thé 'Centre of .,4 brickwokks of the'Wantage estate
late 19th CentUrY.- Kilns"lie undet'ton:CrétedSUrfaceS at-faiM;
clay pits out on down are everted mushroom shaped water filled 'pits.
At Lattin Down PRN 11,586, SU 415836 were a series of tree filled
hollows and a scatter of broken brick, tile, vitrified brick and
furnace linings. No coal or coke was seen. What fuel was used ?
At Marcham the names Kiln Copse and Old Clay Pit (PRN 11516, SU 449966)
suggest the site of a brickworks pit, noW filled in and wooded.
At Stanford-in-the-Vale, Bow Brickworks (PRN 11,530 SU 344943)
consisted of clay pit, two roWs of cottages, two large bottle shaped
kilns (now destroyed) and Bow Horse.
A further brickworks in Newington Parish (PRN 5982 SU 636950)
was visited. Here the kiln, claypits and drying sheds are all intact.
The kiln was last fired in 1947 and still has half a load of unfired
bricks. Barrows and moulds were photographed and various buildings
surveyed.
STONOR HOUSE (PRN 2095) (SU 74258923) - James Bond and John Steane
Further progress was made in examining thr brickwork of different
periods at Stonor Park. Samples were taken from brickwork at different
points for analysis by the Oxford University Laboratory for Archaeology
and Fine Art. The house was extensively photographed, including
insides of roofs. 61 tiles were examined which came from the parlour/buttery.
and the chapel. They included several with roundels and quatrefoils
and fleur de lys between. This design has been found at Chalgrove
moated manor site (PRN 4486) and there are a number at Mapledurham
church in the Bardolf aisle (PRN 12400). Others have roundels within
which is a quatrefoil in a blaze of glory. Several heraldic tiles include
emblems of a cross and an upside down fleur de lys. Two tiles have letters
printed on them, one has a lombardic letter A. These are all 14th
century. Several, probably 15th century in date, have the design printed
on with the pipe clay on the stamp itself. These are of inferior workmanship.
EWELME SCHOOL HOUSE (PRNs 606) (SU 64609135) AND ALMSHOUSES (PRN 5993)
(SU 64639138) - John Steane and James Bond.
Measured drawings were made of the facades of the school and
almshouses, both foundations of William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk
(1437-1450) and built mainly of brick. Among features of interest
noted were the use of at least 22 different types of moulded bricks,
a cusped Gothic arch in brickwork in the-inner almshouse porch, brick
corbelling in the chimneys, diaper-work, decorative brick-nogging and
half-timber work and carved bargeboards in the almshouse, and brick
fireplaces and niches in the master's lodging. A full report is in
preparation for the Journal of the British Archaeological Association.
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