Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found on top of a garden wall in Kilmarnock and photographed by Lynne McKinnon. This example is not in my possession. Southhook and Shawsrigg Fire clay Co Ltd, Bonnyton Works, Kilmarnock. . . .  

Found. by Bob Banks in the Dunfermline area. Southhook and Shawsrigg Fire clay Co Ltd, Bonnyton Works, Kilmarnock. This brick is stamped ‘Southhook and Shawsrigg’ to one side and ‘Kilmarnock Scotland NB’ to the other. . . . .  

Found by Ian Suddaby at Limekilns, Charlestown, Fife. Electric cable cover. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. Below – A whole example. Also found by Ian Suddaby at Limekilns, Charlestown, Fife.

Found by Tucker Kennedy in the Ayrshire area. Stamped S S to one side and the other side is blank, however I have a similar S S brick which is stamped Southhook to the front  – click me – and I am quite certain this is therefore a Southhook brick. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire….

Found by Michael Fallon in the Glasgow area. Electric cable cover. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. Below – Note the concave/curved appearance of the underside. Most covers are flat on the underside.

Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. S S is stamped to the rear. The brick is white enamelled. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. . . .  

Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Southhook and Shawsrigg Fire clay Co Ltd, Bonnyton Works, Kilmarnock. Also note the unusual use of the word ‘and’  as opposed to the normal ‘&’ Side 1 – Southhook and Shawsrigg. Side 2  – Southhook Crosshouses Kilmarnock. . . .

Found at Auchenheath, Lanarkshire by John Ballantyne. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. .

Found in Central Edinburgh. Ian suddaby. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. This brick is enamelled to one side. . . .  

Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. This brick is stamped “Southhook Crosshouse Kilmarnock N.B” to both sides but the arrangement of the words and the frog on both sides is different. Very unusual. Both sides are enamel glazed in brown. . . . .