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House. Nr Yeovil. Somerset |
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In one of the first floor rooms is a fine example of a box-ended cast iron pipe coil heater with box end headers. The heater is constructed of 3 pipes which are flanged at both ends and bolted direct to the box headers. The heater carries the inscription "W Sparrow Martock". It could therefore be assumed that an iron foundry was located in the town of Martock approx 6 miles from the house where these heater castings were manufactured.
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A variation of the pipe coil heater is sited in a ground floor room. This is a 4 pipe high cast iron sinuous coil type heater with socket and spigot joints, again carrying the inscription "W Sparrow Martock"
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In main passageways are two
excellent examples of cast iron pedestal
type heater enclosures / cabinets which covers the box ended pipe coil
heater. The front of the enclosure has a diamond pattered open lattice
arrangement. Note the style, shape and openings of the pedestal
are
similar to ones found at Lacock
Abbey indicating
the strong
probably
they were made by the same local iron foundry.
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This style of low height
radiator can be found in many of the
ground floor rooms.
They were called the Ideal Window Radiator and were manufactured by the National Radiator Company Limited, and are illustrated in their 1911catalogue. |
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