The Old Lawnmower Club
Collection, Preservation and Display of Old Lawn Mowers

Plaque Commemorating Phoenix Ironworks

A plaque on a building currently occupied by Howard Tenens. The site would have been meadows during Budding's lifetime.

  • Plaque to Commemorate Phoenix Ironworks

    PHOENIX FOUNDRY 1828  BUILT AS PART OF THRUPP CLOTH MILLS HERE IN 1830 JOHN FERRABEE

    MANUFACTURED THE FIRST LAWN MOWER TO THE DESIGNS OF EDWARD BUDDING WHOSE PATENT SAID

    'COUNTRY GENTLEMEN MAY FIND IN USING MY MACHINE THEMSELVES AN AMUSING USEFUL AND HEALTHY EXERCISE

    ERECTED JOINTLY BY THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND GEORGE WALLER & SON LTD.

    Publication
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    Date
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    PH/25-01-2026

51.724378858381, -2.1997676348104