Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found in Melrose. Arniston Coal, Lime & Brick Works, Gorebridge, Midlothian. . . . .

Found by Steve Simkin in the Roslin, Midlothian area. Arniston Coal, Lime & Brick Works, Gorebridge, Midlothian. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a brick found by Steve Simkin at the same location as above. This is a ‘white’ version of the brick and continues the theory that the company manufactured…

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Gorebridge area. This example is not in my possession. Arniston Coal, Lime & Brick Works, Gorebridge, Midlothian. . . .

1897 – Annual report of the School Committee of the City of Boston – … New Primary Schoolhouse, Vernon street, Roxbury, additional, §14,000. — It will be noted that the next few weeks will witness the completion of several school-houses begun during the previous year, including this new Primary School-house containing ten rooms, and replacing…

Found by Alain Magee near St Boswells. This example is not in my possession. Arniston Coal, Lime & Brick Works, Gorebridge, Midlothian. . . . .

Found by Ian Suddaby near Pathhead. This example is not in my possession. Arniston Coal, Lime & Brick Works, Gorebridge, Midlothian. . . .

Messrs Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd, Main Street, Coatbridge. Clyde Tube Works, Main Street, Coatbridge. Canmore – This building now appears to be a courthouse. Information. 22/09/1906 – Coatbridge Leader – Messrs Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd. Description of new offices. Messrs Stewart and Lloyds Limited have just completed the erection of new offices at the corner…

Many thanks to Mike Allan for the following information and photographs. Mike states – These two octagonal chimney ‘cans’ were salvaged by me from our family house at Osborne Place, Dundee (built 1869). Methven, Kirkcaldy, was in the business of both homewares and utilities. Garnkirk, Lanark, made utilitarian wares. Ours was one of 4 houses,…

Ian Suddaby states – Carrick Academy in Maybole, Ayrshire is soon to replaced with a modern community hub, school and leisure centre. The existing school was built from red brick and red sandstone in 1925 and extra accommodation was added in the 1970s. Digging work in the grounds suggests that the 1925 building was made…

Yoker Railway Station, Yoker, Glasgow aka Yoker Ferry Station. The bricks below were recovered by Michael Fallone and his grandson Max Borland at the site of the Yoker Ferry Station, Yoker, Glasgow. The outward appearance of the bricks with regards colour and texture is exactly the same but the bricks were manufactured by two completely…