Lylestone Brick and Pipe Works, High Gooseloan, Kilwinning.
The brick and pipe works were connected (physically) to the Lylestone limestone quarry, there was a narrow-gauge railway, and there were also coal and fireclay workings at Lylestone.
WIKI information
17/03/1891 – Glasgow Herald – Traveller wanted for freestone and bricks. Apply by letter to Lylestone Quarry Company, Kilwinning, Scotland.
25/04/1891 – Traveller wanted for freestone and bricks in Belfast and neighbourhood. Apply by letter to Lylestone Quarry Company, Kilwinning, Scotland.
1892 – He (William Douglas – of Douglas Firebrick Company renown) made a particular study of the fireclays in Ayrshire and this became easier when he moved about 1892 to become the manager of the freestone quarries and brickworks at Lylestone near Kilwinning.
19/01/1894 – Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald- Estimates wanted for mason and brickwork, wright work and slater work of drying shed at Lylestone Fire Clay Work. Plans and specifications may be seen at the works on and after Monday 22nd. Offers to be lodged with the Lylestone Quarry Co, Kilwinning …
23/3/1894 – Dundee Courier – New Joint Stock Company – The Lylestone Quarry Company – This Company has been established for the purpose of accepting an offer made by the Lylestone Quarry Company, Kilwinning, Ayrshire to grant a lease of their seams of coal, fireclay, freestone and other minerals, with the mine and quarries, works and plant to carry on the trade of colliery mine, brickwork and pipework owners. The capital is £5000 in £1 shares of which 200 are founders shares.
Below – 13/07/1894 – Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald – Miners strike – No coal for Lylestone Brickwork.
03/09/1897 – Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald – Wanted, engineers one with knowledge of quarry and fire clay machinery preferred. Apply Lylestone Quarry Coy, Ltd, Kilwinning.
1897 – 1898 – Lylestone Quarry Co. Ltd. Kilwinning; John Shaw, 26 Apsley Place agent.
Lylestone Quarry Co. Ltd. makers of sewer pipes, enamelled basins, &c. and ganister merchants.
1903 – Lylestone Quarry Co Limited – Fire brick manufacturers & gannister grinders, Howgate, Kilwinning, Ayrshire.
13/10/1913 – The Scotsman – Sale of quarry and brickwork plant, steam and hand cranes, branch railway etc at Lylestone Quarry, Kilwinning …
Lylestone Brick and Pipe Works were situated behind High Gooseloan Farm. It is not marked on this 1856 OS Map although there are references to Lylestone Quarry and lime kilns (bottom of the map).
Below – 1895 – Lylestone Brick and Pipe Works – click on the map link to see the relationship with the quarry and the link rail system.
Below – 1909 – Lylestone Brick and Pipe Works – click on the map link to see the relationship with the quarry and the link rail system.
Below – Fire clay slop stones and a circular cover found on-site at Lylestones brick and pipe works. They are not marked but are presumed to be products of the works.
Many thanks to Charlie Terry for the following photographs and information. Charlie states – My great-grandfather worked at the Beaconsfield and Lefroy gold mines in Tasmania. He was an assayer. Some of the bricks are still in their original boxes and have been stored in a shed for decades. Below – An example of one…
Found at Manuel Works, Whitecross by Ian Suddaby. This example is not in my possession The manufacturer of this checker is unknown although the find site would suggest it was made at the Manuel Works, Whitecross’ Scotland. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor…
Found by David Kitching at Dunaskin, Ayrshire. This example is not in my possession. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . .
Found by John Winter in an inner Brisbane Creek, Australia. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . . .
Found by Jim in the Sheffield area. This example is not in my possession. I believe this is a Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire product as per this reference. I will record it as such until proven otherwise. “The VIIth International Ceramic Congress was held in Britain in 1960, and on 24th May the members…
Found by Jim in the Sheffield area. This example is not in my possession. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . .
Found by Jim in the Sheffield area. This example is not in my possession. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . .
Found by Robert Jamieson in the Beith, Ayrshire area. This example is not in my possession. Lylestone Brick and Pipe Works, High Gooseloan, Kilwinning. . . .
Found at the old Ravenscraig Steelworks, Motherwell. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . . .
Found on the site of the old Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge. Unidentified manufacturer but considering the find site and the fact it was found in a pile of bricks stamped ‘Dougall’, it is very possible that this ‘DB’ stamp stands for ‘Dougall Brickworks or ‘Dougall, Bonnyside’. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include:…
