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Iron gas-holder, Lavenham gasworks is a wrought iron cylindrical gas-holder dating from the nineteenth century, located at the former gasworks site in Lavenham, Suffolk. The structure represents the industrial infrastructure that supplied gas for lighting and heating to the town during the Victorian era. Gas-holders of this type were essential components of municipal gasworks, storing the gas produced from coal carbonisation before distribution through mains to domestic and commercial premises. The monument survives as a notable example of Victorian industrial engineering and stands as evidence of Lavenham's development as a service centre beyond its medieval cloth-manufacturing prosperity.
Iron gas-holder, Lavenham gasworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005965. View the official record →
Iron gas-holder, Lavenham gasworks is a wrought iron cylindrical gas-holder dating from the nineteenth century, located at the former gasworks site in Lavenham, Suffolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005965.
Iron gas-holder, Lavenham gasworks is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005965.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cast iron road bridge SE of Bridge Farm (1.7 km), Mound of Milden Castle (4.3 km), Moated site at Moat Farm, 230m north east of St Peter's Church (4.8 km).
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Iron gas-holder, Lavenham gasworks stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.