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Bursledon Brickworks Museum

Victorian steam-driven brickworks museum, Hampshire

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The Brickworks Museum, also known as Bursledon Brickworks, is a volunteer-run museum in Swanwick, Hampshire, England. It is purportedly the UK's sole surviving Victorian steam-driven brickworks. The brick kiln, chimney, drying sheds, and the boiler and engine house at the south section of the brickworks are listed Grade II* as a group on the National Heritage List for England.

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Brickworks built

1897

Company renamed and expanded

1903

Third unit added

1935

Amalgamation into Redland

1959

Closure of brickworks

1974

Heritage Lottery Fund grant

2012

Museum opened

2014

Bursledon Brickworks Museum Trust established

November 2016

Permission to replace kiln roof

2022

Historic England funding

2023

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Storage Structures

Warehouses
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Industrial and Craft Structures

KilnsFurnacesWorkshops
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United Kingdom

Coordinates

50.89° N, -1.29° E