Brick Kilns and Brick and Tile Suppliers to Hampton Court Palace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11613813 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Musty (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 147 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 411-419 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00665983.1990.11077949 |
| OpenAlex | W1989598848 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The vast quantity of bricks needed to build Hampton Court Palace must have required a major brick-building effort. The suppliers are identified from documentary sources and, for Henry VIII's rebuilding, shown to have been both local workers and brickmakers brought in from their own localities—up to forty miles away. Subsequently, in the seventeenth century, bricks for the pre-Wren modifications and the Wren additions came mainly from Hammersmith and Twickenham. On the other hand, roofing tile suppliers were mainly local, notably from Kingston-upon-Thames, and always worked from their own kilns. Finally, the price of bricks supplied to Hampton Court Palace is shown to have increased about seven-times over a period of 150 years
Archaeology · Architectural engineering · Brick · Kiln · Tile · Engineering · Historical Architecture and Urbanism · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2001 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |