Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. This example is stamped to both sides. . . . .

Found in the Glasgow area by Eddie McLean. Electric cable cover. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire.

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. This double bullnose brick is stamped to both sides. The stamps on each side are upsidedown to one another. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. .

Found in Selkirk and kindly donated by Vicky Wood. Hurlford Fireclay Works, Hurlford, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. . . . .  

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. . . .