| Killerton
House
Devon |
| Killerton
House and the Estate have been in the Acland family
ownership since the 17th Century. The house was built
for the 7th Baronet, Sir Thomas Acland during the
1770's, by architect John Johnson. Several
alterations and additions to the property have occured
through the following centuries until the house
was given by the family to the National Trust in
1944. The House has had several different occupants
during the 20th century and unfortunately these
changes of ownership have been the cause for much of
the original engineering services being removed. |
| From
observing the style of the few radiators that have
survived the house alterations, it is possible to date
the installation of the original wet heating system to
circa.1900. Sited in the first floor corridor are
several beautifully decorated ornamental sectional
radiators made by the American Radiator Co. (this
Company later became the National Radiator Co and
finally Ideal Boilers & Radiators). These
ornamental radiators are of great rarity and only one
other instance of a similar type decorative radiator
has been found. |
 |
   Italian
Flue
Ornamental Radiator |
 |
 National Two Column
Radiator
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| Laundry |
|
The
Laundry had a typical Victorian heated drying room
which was warmed
by low level cast iron pipe coils fed from a small independant hot water boiler. 
Ideal Domestic
Boiler
Portway Stove with Iron Warmersby
E
Dustin & Son
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| Diesel Engine |
A workshop was built on the Estate to house the many woodworking machines needed
to handle the timber necessary to maintain the gardens and woodlands.
The woodworking machines were all belt driven from a Ruston & Hornsby
diesel engine installed in 1933.
NOVEMBER 2004
