Building record 1160/441/11 - Boiler House

{1} Following the conversion of the site to a hospital in the 1930's, it became necessary for reasons of hygiene and efficiency to provide a modern, centralised heating system for St Edmund's. The boiler house was constructed to supply heat and hot water to the principal buildings in the complex by means of lagged pipes running along underground ducts. A plan of this system, dated 1980, has been provided by the client, and will be retained in the site archive.
The boiler house is constructed in brownish brick, in English Bond. The pitched roof is slate, with a ridge lantern. There are no windows: the two external doors have concrete lintels. A later brick extension to the east, built in the 1960's. formerly contained the hospital incinerator. The location for the base of the incinerator chimney can be seen alongside the tall metal boiler chimney, at the south-east corner of the building. Internally, the building was divided into two: to the south are the two boilers, to the north are the hot water tanks and pumps.

<1> Zeepvat B., 2004, Historic Building Survey: St Edmund's Hospital, Wellingborough Road, Northampton, p.28 (checked) (Report). SNN104796.

Record last edited

Jun 16 2008 10:23AM