Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area.
This is a curved or circle brick and the 7 will denote the degree of curve or angle.
William Wilson & Son, Brick maker and builder, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow.
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Found in the base structure of a former glasshouse in the walled garden of Westport House, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Photographed by Susan Roundtree. William Wilson & Son, Brick maker and builder, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow. . . .
Cambuslang Brick and Tile Works, Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire (Note – SBH – I believe these were also known as Westburn Tileworks). Below – 07/01/1850 – Glasgow Herald – Westburn Tileworks, Cambuslang for sale. 11/01/1850 – Glasgow Herald – Going brick and tile work to let. Entry at Candlemas. The Cambuslang Brick and Tile Work as…
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. William Wilson & Son, Brick maker and builder, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow. This is a circle brick and the 5 will reference the angle of curve on the brick ( and therefore how many will make up a circle – chimney stalk ) . ….
The following photos were kindly supplied by Tony Bedassie who found these bricks on a beach in Trinidad. Etna, Patent R.Brown Paisley, Gartcraig Patent Glasgow, Patent Wilson & Son Glasgow, Glenboig, Gartcosh, Allan & Man Govan Patent Glasgow, Atlas and possibly Coltness. Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: West Works, Armadale, West Lothian….
Below – 1849 – Revenue for Gorbals Lands – William Wilson – Brickfield in Pretty-Three. Lordship of 2s 4 1/2d per 1000 bricks =£233 11s 7d. Below – 24/11/1856 – Glasgow Herald – Brick machine and engine for sale at Pretty Three Brickworks, Port Eglinton. Offers to William Wilson & Son, Campbellfield. Sale due to…
Found by Robert Bain from West Dunbartonshire. Find location unknown. William Wilson & Son, Brick maker and builder, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow. This is a circle brick and the 3 will reference the angle of curve on the brick ( and therefore how many will make up a circle – chimney stalk) ….
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. William Wilson & Son – 45 Hope Street, Glasgow. Brick Works Craig Park, Victoria Road. Fire Clay Works Cumbernauld Road, Barlinnie. . . . .
Found Glasgow. A slight variation of frog design from my others. William Wilson, Campbellfield, Glasgow Note the face of the brick is covered in ‘pimple’ – like a hobnail boot impression but in reverse. The whole surface is covered which is unusual – any ideas as to what could have made the marks? . ….
This brick was kindly donated by an ex-prison warden at Barlinnie Prison, Glasgow. Around 1997 the ‘condemned cell’ in Barlinnie Prison, Glasgow was demolished and refurbished into a normal cell. A couple of bricks stamped Wilson & Son Barlinnnie were recovered and saved. These bricks formed the internal doorway of the cell. They are of…
Photograph and information have been forwarded by Graeme Toll. William Wilson & Son, Brick maker and builder, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow The brick was recovered from a small area between 2 floors during renovation work in 2013 from a building in Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia. An architect on site believed the brick may…
