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| Lowwood Gunpowder Mills, Haverthwaite | ||
| Lowwood Gunpowder Mills | ||
| Low Wood Gunpowder Mills | ||
| site name:- | Leven, River | |
| locality:- | Low Wood | |
| civil parish:- | Haverthwaite (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | gunpowder mill | |
| coordinates:- | SD34718375 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3483 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD38 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 12 6) placename:- Low Wood Gunpowder Works placename:- Wood Gunpowder Works, Low |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- Low Wood Gunpowder Mills |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto sourcePage 26, footnote:- "... From thence [Newby Bridge] to Bouth, on the common turnpike 3 miles. (But it might be worth while to go a little out of the way through a valley on the left hand, by Backbarrow Cotton-spinning-mills, the iron founderies, and Low-wood Gunpowder-mills, which are very romantically situated)." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- West 1784 map |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland,
Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch,
engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784. Ws02SD38.jpg "Gunpowder Mills" By Low Wood. item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Clock Tower Works |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CLOCK TOWER WORKS / / / HAVERTHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 421790 / SD3466883692" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Central building of gunpowder works. 1849. Coursed stone rubble with limestone dressings and slate roofs. U-plan; main 2-storey block has 3-stage tower to south-east end, wide gabled block to north-west; lean-to single-storey block to south-west has 2 single-storey wings. Tower has band over 1st stage and weathered band over 2nd stage; 1st and 2nd stages have small sashed windows with glazing bars. North-east face has round-headed sashed windows with glazing bars to 1st stage. South-east round-headed entrance with radial-bar fanlight. North-west face of 2nd stage has round clock face in square recess. Top cornice and pyramidal roof with gabled louvred dormers and weather vane. South-east facade has gable end with round-headed entrance with radial bar fanlight to what is 1st floor to north-west due to slope of ground; bay to right has platform, on iron panelled girders, with steps and 1st floor wide entrance. North-east gabled 2-bay facade has datestone, figures apparently pierced through. Windows have small-paned glazing, most C20; ventilation slots to 1st floor. North-west facade of 4 bays, the 2nd 2 bays gabled. Gable has datestone and ventilation slots; 4 entrances. Right return has small windows over lean-to block. Single-storey wing to right has 3 windows and 2 blocked entrances; gable end has ball finial and sliding door. Wing behind has truncated projecting gable-end stack with flanking windows, the north-west facade with entrance and windows; rear against sloping ground." |
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On the River Leven; begun by the Lowwood Gunpowder Co, 1799; operated to 1935. There
was a 3ft6in tramroad on site, which from 1869 had a link to Haverthwaite Station
crossing the Leven by Bleaberry Holme. |
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| Tyler, Ian: 2002: Gunpowder Mills of Cumbria: Blue Roc Publications (Threlkeld, Keswick,
Cumbria):: ISBN 0 9523028 8 8 |
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