Found in the Sanquhar area.
Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire.
Note the ‘G’ is a different size and style from the other letters.
Note the 2nd ‘R’ in ‘Terra’ is a different shape from the first ‘R’.
Note the ‘CO’ has a raised ‘O’.
This brick appears to be a reshaped standard brick as opposed to being shaped in a mould of the shape you see here. The face with the frog shows part of the original stamp ‘Buccleuch Terra Cotta Co Ltd, Sanquhar
Below – This side is stamped ‘Buccleuch Terra Cotta Co Ltd, Sanquhar’.
Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. (N.B – stands for North Britain – postal abbreviation of the day). This is believed to be an electric cable cover or a land surface gulley for directing water flow. , , . . .
Found in the Dumfries area. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. The lettering is raised on this stamp. . . .
Found by Brian Wardell near Black Esk, Eskdalemuir. Fauldhead Colliery Brickworks, Kirkconnel. . . . .
Found by Geoff Hancock in the Strathaven area. Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd. Fauldhead Colliery Brickworks, Kirkconnel. . . .
Found by Ian Suddaby at Gateside Colliery near Sanquhar. Ian states – In my experience cable covers are always standalone items but this one is clearly a modified brick. It’s 8½” long, 4¼” wide and 2½” thick. The top shows that the word ELECTRICITY was clearly added later as it has dragged through the edge of the…
(Note – SBH – There is some confusion regarding bricks stamped AFTON with regards their exact origins. There was the Afton Brick and Tile Works at New Cumnock, the owners of which opened a brickworks at Sanquhar in 1852 and then much later there was the Afton Brick Company Limited which operated the brickworks at…
This stamp is on a salt-glazed saddle back wall cope. It was photographed in the Kilmarnock area by Martin Sneddon. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. (N.B – stands for North Britain – postal abbreviation of the day). . . Below – The same stamp on a chimney as photographed by Robert Reid in the…
Buccleuch Terracotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire aka Buccleuch Brick and Tile Works. (Note – SBH – This page should be read in conjunction with the pages dedicated to the Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works and the Fauldhead Collieries Brick Works) 1962 – The Upper Nithsdale Coalworks from Pictish Times to 1925. Compiled by J C L…
Found at an unknown location in Scotland and kindly donated by Nick Basden. Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. This is a miniature baby brick. It is also a ‘stop end’ brick. . . . . Below – A similar sized brick without the ‘stop end’. This was found by Joan Faithfull.
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire. This example has a chamfered end. . . . . Below – The above brick was found in the same demolition rubble as the brick below and thus both stamps are very likely to have been produced from the same era…Buccleuch…
