COUGHTON
COURT WARWICKSHIRE |
Unfortunately
the heater bears no makers name but has a
striking resemblance to a similar style of heater made
by Vincent
Skinner at their Bristol ironfoundry.
The
flow and return pipework to the base of the heater
is routed through
underfloor ducts below the flagstone floors.
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Another
wet heating system was installed later during the Edwardian
period. This fact can be established from the
wrought iron pattern pipework fittings and stirrup
brackets that have been used with the mild steel
pipework.
The
method for connecting sections of pipework uses a
preponderance of backnut joints at sockets and most
unusually at 90 degree bends and also return bends.
This style of jointing pre-dates the introduction of
unions for joining sections of pipework together.
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Research carried out in the Haden Archive held at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre in Chippenham showed in the original Order Book for that time period that the stove was a size No 2 and given the number 3832 with an entry date of 14th October 1874. Every Haden stove installed was given its own unique number. |