Air vent panel
Category
Brassware
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass
Measurements
20.5 cm (Width); 37 cm (Length)
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Souter and the Leas, Tyne and Wear
NT 237202.11
Summary
(Eleventh air vent anti-clockwise from gallery door). Air vent panel with ten ventilation grills. The middle two grills are sub-divided into two smaller vents to allow for a slit which is for the handle which opens and closes the grill. Not original to Souter, possibly from a Welsh Lighthouse. Standard Trinity House design, used between the 1880s and 1990. Each grill has three parts- fascia, back panel and handle with a separate rubber protector now removed. The number 10 is centre top of the outer grille and the letter K back left middle of inner and outer grille. There are 4 sheared screws glued in the central hole. Requires platform to block stair access point to Install or de-install. Vent working prior to installation.