Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found at Preston Pans, East Lothian. Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian. A much narrower frog than my other examples. . . .

Found by Tucker Kennedy in the Ayrshire. This is a paver or byre block and it is salt glazed. Bourtreehill Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. . . . .

Found in teh Edinburgh area. Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian. . . . .

This brick was found in on the shore at Gdansk, Poland by Wojtek Kulik. Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian . . . .

Found in Portobello. Salt Glazed paver or byre brick. This is half of a paver – seen below for the complete article. Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian. . . . Below – This was found near Cockenzie and is in the possession of Ian Suddaby. .

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Sanquhar Brick & Tile Works, Dumfries-shire. 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. .

Below – 25/05/1886 – The Scotsman –  The International Exhibition Edinburgh – Granolithic is a form of high grade concrete ‘invented’ by Stuart and Co, Edinburgh Note the reference to Prestongrange Coal and Fire Brick Company, Glenboig Fire Clay Company, Garterrie (Gartverrie) Fireclay Company, James Dougall & Sons Bonnybridge, James Brown Glasgow, Robert Brown &…

Found by Ian Suddaby in East Lothian This brick is marked SBC to one side and P-Grange to the other. SBC – Scottish Brick Corporation – Following nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947, the National Coal Board (NCB) inherited a number of brickworks. Around 1969,  saw the NCB selling off its brickworks with the…

Photographed in Bathgate. Large Chimney pot marked Preston Grange in an oval stamp. The letter ‘B’ is stamped in the middle of the mark. Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian. . . .   . Below – a very elegant chimney pot with the same mark as found by Ian Suddaby in…

Found at Ramshead Walled Garden, Caldwell House, Uplawmoor by Anthony Shaw. Robert Mackie, Barr Coal Company, Beith This is a paver for a byre or stable. It is glazed and again, the ‘M’ of Mackie is upside down. – Click me . . .