The Rye House, Hoddesdon

[Denis]

Originally built in 1443 by sir Andrew Ogard, the fortified moated mansion used 50 types of moulded brick in its construction. All that remains today is the gatehouse with is last remaining barleytwist chimney. It boasted six of these on the main house and its gatehouse.

Also the site of the Rye House plot in 1683 where it was planned to ambush King Charles II on his way back to London from Newmarket by Richard Rumble.

[annie]

i do love squiggley chimneys......and we have so many of them around these parts...

[FUJI]

Love this kind of Archtecture, hand-made bricks have always fascinated me.......our small town once had a Roman Tile-Kiln and then, centuries later Two busy Brickyards that didn't stop manufacturing until the late 1960s....One was as modern as it could be with Oil-Fired Kilns and the other still derived all power for machinery and inclined rail via a single Stationary Steam Engine....the Kilns were coal fired....................our house is built from hand made local bricks from there, they all bear fascinating marks.

Back to your shot...'Tis a pity the sun wasnt shining on that fascinating front elevation?

FUJI

[Kobione]

I love the twisty chimneys, too. What an interesting building!

[Heather]

ive never seen a chimmney like that ! what a lovely little building, hope its being looked after now for future generations ?

[Denis]

Ta all,

One close up of the chimney, and one of the two standing gateposts for your perusal :)

[Phil]

i do love squiggley chimneys.....

:rofl:

[annie]

eh!

[fuzzyedges]

Reminds me of a ginger bread house

I lost my interest in handmade bricks 16 years ago when I had 2 columns of 30 degree bricks made for my garage at £250 per column

Was squiggley chimneys named after there designer or lord squiggley who commisioned them :innocent:

[NannyFerret]

I love the chimney one.

[Heather]

wow they look even more amazing close up, must take some doing building them like that

[Denis]

wow they look even more amazing close up, must take some doing building them like that

Even more so in 1443!

[Kobione]

Love the close ups showing the detail. I think the gateposts actually look like Roman pillars!

[annie]

what is a 30 degree brick?

[FUJI]

what is a 30 degree brick?

Annie...Many, Many Moons ago, when (as a very young joiner) helped to maintain our local Brickyard....bricks made on an angle were known as...Squints...and...Cants....I kid you not.....I guess those old traditional names mean ..Right and Left

A normal brick is just that, a 30 degree brick would have one, or even both ends cut on 30 degree angle....Make sense?

Here you go Annie....you can now study the subject in depth:

http://eshop.solentbrick.org.uk/Products/Brick-Specials

FUJI

[annie]

they have 30..45.. and 60 degree angle bricks..interesting. i never knew bricks came in so many shapes...

thanks fuji xxx

[colinb]

Was squiggley chimneys named after there designer or lord squiggley who commisioned them

do you mean the Lord Digger Lee Squiggley ?? third cousin of the Squiggley Squats famous for making unsual WC's ?

:sofa:

[fuzzyedges]

My 30 degree bricks were basically a brick and a half the half being cast at 30 degrees to the full brick

In other words it looked like an L but the little bit was at 30 degrees to the big bits vertical (hangs down) if you looked on top of it