The documentary evidence, discussed in full in the excavation
report, places the Heath family in Brentford from 1723. The first
record of William Heath, pipemaker, in relation to the site of
this pipe kiln is an indenture of lease and release dated 2/3
February 1735. William Heath died 22 January 1764. (ibid, 15-19)
The typological evidence is discussed in full by Oswald in the
excavation report (ibid, 30-31). In summary, pipes from beneath
the kiln structure are consistent with manufacture in the period
1710-40 and pipes from layer 2 above the brick floor which sealed
the kiln not earlier than c. 1760.
Excavated in 1977 by Alison Laws for the Museum of London. A full
account of the excavation was published in 1981 which includes
a number of plans, sections and photographs
(Laws & Oswald 1981, 20-22 & 61-62).
The plans are published at the scale
of 1:29. In this authors possession are 7 colour transparencies
of the kiln during excavation. The site archive is believed to
be with the Museum of London but at the time of writing has not
been traced. The figure has been enlarged from the published drawing
and redrawn with the required conventions. Associated finds included
a quantity of pipe reinforced muffle material. The brick floored
pit to the right of the stoke pit contained traces of coal. An
aperture through the dividing wall provided shovel access to this
fuel store. The nine inch wall surrounding the kiln and stoke
pit suggests a completely roofed structure whilst the four inch
wall of the fuel cellar testifies to a lesser ancillary feature
(Figure 57) and (Figure 87).