Bottle ovens.
| Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:00 Chris Allen |
In 1988 the Potteries Heritage society produced a list of "Bottle Ovens of Stoke-on-Trent". Although there were once over 2ooo bottle ovens in the six towns, by 1988 there were only 46 left and one town (Tunstall) had no remaining bottle ovens at all. For the purposes of the list, bottle oven refers to a mixture of ovens for firing ware and kilns for calcining material that appear to be more or less bottle shaped. There are some rectangular or sqare based kilns but these were not included. This illustrates all of them with one exception that has not appeared on the site and would require a historic photo. I will stick to the order of the original. There appear to have been two casualties to date, one of which has a photograph on here and one of which has a flickr link. |
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| Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:26 Chris Allen |
BURSLEM 1. A G Hackney's Fountain Place Works.   . This appears to have been one of the few casualties  .2. Studio Szeiler, Moorland Road  . Was still standing 23-8-09.3. Acme Marls, Bournes Bank (3).  .4. Price & Kensington, National Teapot Works, Canal Lane, Longport  .5. Middleport Pottery, Port Street, Longport  .6. Oliver & Sons, Newport Lane, Middleport - A works by the canal with calcining kilns - one circular and two square in one housing   .7. Furlong Mills, Furlong Lane, Middleport (2)  . Two kilns for calcining and in use until recently.8. Moorcroft Pottery, Sandbach Road, Cobridge.  . |
| Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:12 Chris Allen |
HANLEY 9. Dudson's Hanover Street.   .10. Weatherby's Falcon Works, Town Road. A derelict works with one kiln that appears to retain its internal fixtures   . Sadly, an urban exploration website visit in 2012 shows this to have collapsed leaving the internal kiln covered with bricks. I'm sure there is no way back for this one.11. Smithfield Pottery, Warner Street   .12. Johnson's Eastwood Works, Eastwood Street (2)   .13. Wedgwood's 'Bullers Works', Lichfield Street  .14. Twyfords, Shelton New Road, Cliffe Vale (2)     |
| Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:25 Chris Allen |
STOKE-UPON-TRENT 15. Goss Works, Sturgess Street (2)   .16. Dolby Flint Mill, Lytton Street   . |
| Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:25 Chris Allen |
FENTON 17. James Kent Works, Fountain Street (3)  . This place coats the top of its fences with grease - beware.18. Heron Cross Pottery, Chilton Street, Heron Cross   . |
| Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:25 Chris Allen |
LONGTON 19. Phoenix Works, King Street (2)     20. Caroline Pottery, Caroline Street - No photograph. This was an unlisted kiln and has long since been demolished. There is a photograph of it on flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/27302738@N06/3187141663/ 21. Commerce Works, Commerce Street (2)  .22. Gladstone Pottery, Uttoxeter Road (4)  . The Gladstone is separate from the contiguous Rosslyn works and I believe this picture shows some of the Gladstone kilns and excludes the two Rosslyn kilns. Unlike other photographs - eg   .23. Rosslyn Works, Uttoxeter Road (2)   .24. Hudson & Middleton, Normacot Road   - the one on the left.25. Caroline China, Beaufort Road (2) - the two on the right. Also seen here labelled as Birchcroft China  .26. Ashdale Pottery, Short Street (3) and - 27. North Staffs Electric, Short street  . I believe all four kilns are in this picture and this complex is now usually referred to as Enson works.28. W J Shenton & Sons, Short Street  - I am not sure this is the right one but by a process of elimination it's the best I can do.29. Minkstone Products, Normacot Road   According to a 2009 list, only two sites, each with one kiln, have dropped out. I just need to find images of the missing sites to complete Stoke. When time permits, I hope the gallery can be extended to bottle ovens outside Stoke-on-Trent area (there are quite a few). |
| Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:09 Chris Allen |
Added photograph for No. 17, James kent, Fenton. |
| Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:14 Chris Allen |
Added weblink for the Flickr photograph of No. 20 - Caroline Pottery |
| Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:38 Evelyn |
On the Deal Ground on the south-eastern edge of Norwich/Norfolk.    This Grade II-listed bottle kiln is built from red brick with blue engineering brick dressings. It has a circular plan with short porchway to the firing/loading doorway. The kiln has a bottle-shaped profile and the porchway has a semi-circular tunnel-vaulted ceiling and a metal top-hung sliding door. There are four circular open vent holes and 3 rectangular vents. The kiln interior has a cavity-wall construction for ventilation. The inner skin rises to a height of 2.95 metres and is constructed in bricks from Stourbridge made by EJ and JP Pearson Ltd. This firm was incorporated as a limited company in 1898 and was active in the production of these products until 1916. This kiln is a rare and possibly unique survivor in Norfolk. |
| Mon, 2 Aug 2010 23:59 Chris Allen |
I have completed the full set for the six towns now with the addition of the three previously missing ones. Posting other bottle ovens from around the country remains my long term aim. |
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