Found Buccleuch brickworks, Sanquhar.
Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire.
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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…
(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…
A small baby brick. Possibly a salesman’s sample. 3″ long. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire. . . . . .
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. T.C = Terra Cotta. . . .
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire.. The brick has the same stamp to both sides. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a salt glazed paver or byre brick. Found in Ayrshire by John (Ian) Jones, Ayrshire. .
Found Wishaw. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a brick but it has also been restamped for some reason. Double stamped with 2 different sized stamps. Found in Stranraer by Tucker Kennedy Below – The same stamp on a shaped brick but it has also…
