Found at Gartliston Works Glenboig
PH – Peter Hurll
Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire
Alternative brickworks include:
Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel.
This brick was found by Jeremy Lee in Newfoundland Canada. The bricks formed a rough plinth covering a void of some description … well, cistern, septic tank? Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. Below – Gartliston Fire Brick Works. The brick would…
Found by Ian Suddaby at Morningside Colliery near Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. This example is not in my possession. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. Dourie is a trademark of P and M Hurll, Gartliston Brickworks, Glenboig.
Found by Ian Suddaby at Morningside Colliery near Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. This example is not in my possession. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. Dourie is a trademark of P and M Hurll, Gartliston Brickworks, Glenboig.
Found by Ian Suddaby at Morningside Colliery near Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. This example is not in my possession. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. Dourie is a trademark of P and M Hurll, Gartliston Brickworks, Glenboig.
Found by Ian Suddaby at Morningside Colliery near Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. This example is not in my possession. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. Dourie is a trademark of P and M Hurll, Gartliston Brickworks, Glenboig.
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. The brick is obviously broken but it does show that at one point P & M Hurll manufactured a brick with raised lettering. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel.
These ‘P & M Hurll, Glasgow’ bricks were photographed by Harry Hughes at the Widow Sammons House, Carrowkennedy, Republic of Ireland. Note the reversed letter ‘S’. The owner of the house said the bricks were on the floor. He has reused the old bricks to form a hearth for a stove. This is a link…
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Newmains, Lanarkshire area. This example is not in my possession. There is a designed ‘notch’ to the bottom left which may hint at this being half of a fire arch brick for the firebox of a steam locomotive or similar. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston…
Many thanks to Daphne Lim for the following information and photographs. Rawyards Glasgow and Hurll bricks found in Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo. Daphne states – My name is Daphne Lim & I live in Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo. My (maternal) great, great grandfather Mr Chan Kho was one of the founding fathers of this small town of…
Photographed by Ian Suddaby in the Straiton area, Edinburgh. This was left in situ due to its size. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. .
