Old Brush Works, Axminster

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Old Brush Works, Axminster

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 12 Apr 2012

According to a local history book I looked at in a local bookshop, this was indeed a brush works. It is now in use by a firm of feather dyers and bleachers - Jaffe et Fils. It is described as an asymmetrical block of three storeys, stone-built with brick dressings and some iron-framed windows. A small crane survives high on the gable end - I failed to spot this at the time. The date stone above reads 1877.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.783578
Longitude
-3.000418