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The ventilation chimney and furnace house situated 260 metres south of Park Farm is an industrial monument of the 18th or 19th century, reflecting the expansion of manufacturing infrastructure in Yorkshire during the Georgian and Victorian periods. The structure comprises a furnace house with an associated tall chimney designed to draw air through the furnace and create draught for efficient combustion, a common arrangement in metalworking or other heat-intensive industrial processes typical of the region's industrial heritage. The monument survives as physical evidence of Yorkshire's industrial development, though its precise original function requires examination of contemporary documentation and archaeological evidence.
Ventilation chimney and furnace house 260m south of Park Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017655. View the official record →
The ventilation chimney and furnace house situated 260 metres south of Park Farm is an industrial monument of the 18th or 19th century, reflecting the expansion of manufacturing infrastructure in Yorkshire during the Georgian and Victorian periods. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017655.
Ventilation chimney and furnace house 260m south of Park Farm 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 1017655.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Magna Via (1 km), The gibbet platform (1.5 km), Mill gas plant, Shaw Lodge Mills (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ventilation chimney and furnace house 260m south of Park Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Ventilation chimney and furnace house 260m south of Park Farm stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.