Hampshire Treasures
Volume 1 ( Winchester City District)
Page 8 - Bighton
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| Description and Date | Remarks | Protection | Grid Ref. and Punchcard No. | |
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| Inn C.18 |
The Three Horse Shoes. 2-storey building in colour- washed brick with old tile roof. Flanking chimneys. | SU 614 344 2603 05 |
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| Cottage C.19 |
The Coffee Tavern. Situated on the north east corner of Bighton Dean Lane. Constructed of flint with brick dressings and thatched roof, hipped except over central gable. | SU 617 345 2603 07 |
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| Donkey Wheel C.19 |
Bighton House. Located in a Regency garden house to the east of the Manor House. The Donkey Wheel, 12ft. in diameter by 4ft. wide, is carried on a shaft mounted on the wall on either side of the building. The main spokes are slotted and halved inton the shaft and carry subsiduary spokes. The shaft carries a barrel-shaped drum 3ft. 4ins. in diameter on which the two bucket ropes were wound. The wheel and double pulleys date from the 1820's. Ref: 1 Water Raising by Animal Power. 1977 (Brunner and Major), p 129. Ref: 2 Industrial Archaelolgy. Vol. 9 No. 2 1972. | SU 624 356 2603 17 |
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