Seen at Mayfield Brickworks Carluke.
Left in situ due to size.
Calder Coltness? What is the connection between Calder and Coltness?
Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge works in 1973 and closed Chapelhall in 1980. Therefore between 1972 and 1980, GR-Stein Refractories probably continued to manufacture bricks with this trademark for a time.
Below – Update May 2022 – This photo was forwarded by J Stephen Burns who saw the photo online – the slabs were being sold in the Glasgow area. It confirms the stamp as ‘Calder Coltness’.
Found by Reza Hossein at “the old British camp in the foothills of Dehloran City, Iran which is related to the first concession and exploration of oil in Iran”. Reza states – The Darcy concession, the first oil contract in the history of Iran, was signed more than 110 years ago between the Iranian government…
Found by Ian Suddaby at the Manuel Works, Whitecross. This example is not in my possession. WD – Woodall – Duckhman – a customer of Stein. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire .
Found at Granton and in the possession of Ian Suddaby. This example is not in my possession. Such tongue and groove bricks are usually stamped on the other side, the tongue side. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay…
Found at Granton and in the possession of Ian Suddaby This example is not in my possession. WD – Woodall – Duckhman – a customer of Stein. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire…
Found by Ian Suddaby at the Manuel Works, Whitecross. This example is not in my possession. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire .
Found by Ian Suddaby at the Manuel Works, Whitecross. This example is not in my possession. The manufacturer is unknown but the find location and knowledge would undoubtedly suggest this is a Stein product. The stamp is stencilled in black. Ian states – Another test or experimental brick from the JG Stein Ltd brickworks at…
The following bricks were found by Heather Harris. Heather states – I am located in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and there is a beach site in our capital, Charlottetown, that is covered in bricks and other building debris. The location formerly housed a hospital, called Falconwood, which was built in the 1870s as an asylum. Sadly,…
Found by Germán Stoessel in Estancia Solano next to Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina. Germán states – Eighty-five years ago, that place had a kiln for making cement. It also had a railroad and a nascent oil industry. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor…
Found by Louise Cathro-Dickson in Cyprus. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge works in 1973 and closed Chapelhall in 1980. Therefore between 1972…
Found by Jeremy Holding at Dunedin Harbour, South Island, New Zealand. Thistle brick – Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire Interestingly, although the ‘Todd’ brick was manufactured in New Zealand, Thomas Todd was…
