Found by Ian Suddaby in the Ravenscraig, Motherwell area. This example is not in my possession. William Wilson & Son, brickmaker and builder, Muirhouses Brickworks, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow and Campbellfield Brick Tile and Pottery Works, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – I am uncertain which works this particular brick was manufactured at but…
Craigpark Brickworks, Victoria Road, Glasgow. This may well be one of the same with the Cullochfauld Brickfield, 493 Duke Street, Glasgow. 1798 – Craigpark House in Dennistoun, photographed by Thomas Annan just before its demolition in 1870. The merchant James McKenzie (1761-1838) was a partner in D J & M McKenzie and Tassies & Co and…
Muirhouses Brickworks, Eglinton Street, Glasgow. (See also Barlinnie Fireclay Works and Campbellfield Brick Tile and Pottery Works and Strathbungo Brickworks). (Note – SBH – I believe the brickfield indicated south of Lily Bank Road is the Lilybank Brickworks. The narrative below states that the Muirhouses Brickworks were built illegally so that is perhaps why they…
Found by Vassily Khvalyuk in Sevastopol, Russia. . . . . Below – Patent Wilson & Son Glasgow – William Wilson & Son, brickmaker and builder, Muirhouses Brickworks, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow and Campbellfield Brick Tile and Pottery Works, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – I am uncertain which works this particular brick was…
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Bell, Hornsby & Co, 197 Pollokshaws Rd; Brickfields, Polmadie, Glasgow, Langlands, Govan, Blairdardie, Duntocher. . . . .
Found in the base structure of a former glasshouse in the walled garden of Westport House, Co. Mayo, Republic of Ireland. Photographed by Susan Roundtree. William Wilson & Son, brickmaker and builder, Muirhouses Brickworks, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow and Campbellfield Brick Tile and Pottery Works, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – I am uncertain…
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Bell, Hornsby & Co, 197 Pollokshaws Rd; Brickfields, Polmadie, Glasgow, Langlands, Govan, Blairdardie, Duntocher. . . . .
Canmore Strathbungo Brickworks, Strathbungo, Glasgow AKA – Coplawhil or Coplawhill Brickworks? (Note – SBH – This brickworks relationship confuses me. Can anyone firm up on the meagre information recorded here?). 1884 -1885 – James Goldie & Son, brickmakers; Works, Sandyacres, Langside Road, Coplawhill, Victoria Road, Shawfield Toll, Rutherglen Road, and Woodend, Crow Road, Partick.
Cambuslang Brick and Tile Works, Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire (Note – SBH – I believe these were also known as Westburn Tileworks – can anyone confirm or otherwise?). 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…
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. 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). William Wilson & Son, brickmaker and builder, Muirhouses Brickworks, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow and Campbellfield Brick…
