No. 1 Kiln And Disused Chimney To North-East At William Blyth Hoe Hill Yard

BARTON UPON HUMBER

711/0/10007 No. 1 kiln and disused chimney to nort 05-NOV-04 h-east at William Blyth Hoe Hill Yard

GV II Downdraft kiln. c.1935 (after 1932) and late nineteenth-century chimney. Brick with metal clamping. The kiln has side arches for coal firing which are enclosed within a lean-to and a curved vault to the kiln. This kiln was built after 1932 following the removal of a Hoffman kiln which stood probably slightly to the north. This Hoffman kiln was marked on the 1908 OS map. The chimney as originally built for this Hoffman kiln and was re-used for this downdraft kiln. The chimney is now disused and was reduced by a few feet in the late twentieth century, probably at the time the present operational chimney (not included) was built in the 1980's. These items form part of this very significant evolved industrial complex which with its associated Blyth yard at Ings is the only such tilery producing hand-made roof tiles using traditional methods to survive on the Humber Bank and possibly in the country. The process can be seen in its complete form from the mill house processing the clay, through the drying sheds for storing the formed tiles to the kiln for firing them with its office/lobby for the site foreman and for those supervising the kiln firing.