All
Saint's Church Kingston Seymour North Somerset |
This time
period can be confirmed from the type of radiator
installed. All the radiators in the Church are
Haden of Trowbridge manufacture, who had their own
iron foundry (1874 – 1905) in the town of
Trowbridge.
The heating system was
designed as a LPHW open system with a F&E tank
originally using gravity circulation for the
pipework distribution. The
boiler located in an external basement room was a solid
fuel fired cast iron sectional pattern.
View in Nave looking towards Chancel
and Altar.
Pipework installation
The
installed
pipework is an unusual arrangement that used a
mixture of cast iron and steel tubing with
long sweep pulled bends and cast iron bolted
flanges.
The
pipework distribution system designed to operate
using gravity circulation, comprised
two one-pipe single loop circuits, one either side
of the Nave.
Note the cast iron pedestals under the feet of the radiator probably cast in Haden's foundry |
Cast iron 2 column sectional radiator by Haden of Trowbridge with top fitted air vent. Note the top tie bar. |
The original boiler was located in an external basement room and was a cast iron sectional pattern. At a later date the cast iron boiler was abandoned and the basement room filled in. The current boiler installed in the late 1970's is a steel cased welded pattern fitted with an oil burner. Both the cold and and open vent pipes connect direct into the boiler. A small Grundfos circulating pump is fitted in the main flow pipe. |