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THOMAS HOPPER'S
KINMEL HALL
Recent research has uncovered new information concerning the involvement of Thomas Hopper that pre-dates his designing of the New Hall in 1841!
North Elevation - 1796 - Thomas Hopper
The six windows to the left and the six windows to the right of the image
Show the extension to the original Samuel Wyatt Building
This is all that remained after the Fire in 1841.
Kinmel Hall 1870
From a Lithograph published
by
Whiteman & Bass of London
Sketch by Captain Cyril Blakeman R.A.M.C.
As part of the precautions put in place when Thomas Hopper started construction of the new Hall. The Hughes family installed a fire hydrant system. This system was powered by a series of EASTHAM HYDROSTATIC RAMS that were positioned around the Kinmel Estate.
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