Bottle Kilns of Stoke-on-Trent

Experts calculate that in the heyday of the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent there were up to 4,000 bottle kilns with as many as 2,000 still standing in the 1950's. The Clean Air Act sounded the death-knell for the smoky, coal fired oven as the factories turned to gas and electricity. There are 47 still standing they all are listed buildings - some are in good condition, having been restored, some are in very poor condition. No two bottle ovens were exactly alike. They were all built according to the whim of the builder or of the potbank owner. Some small factories had only one bottle oven, other large potbanks had as many as twenty-five.		Two bottle kilns at the Albion Works (rear of Phoenix Works) - King Street, Longton
Single kiln enclosed in a range at Imperial Court, Lichfield Street, Hanley - alongside the Cauldon canal. Former Bullers works		Two bottle kilns in a range at the Commerce Street works, Longton
Kiln at the Dolby pottery, Lytton Street, Stoke - alongside the Trent and Mersey canal.		Large Bottle Kiln at Dudson Pottery, Hope Street, Hanley
A group of four kilns at the Enson works in Short Street, between Uttoxeter and Normacot Roads, Longton		Two conical bottle kilns at Furlong Lane, Middleport, Burslem
Six large bottle kilns seen from the rear of the Gladstone and Roslyn works, Uttoxeter Road, Longton		Small flint kiln at the front of the Gladstone works - now the Gladstone Museum, Longton.
Kilns at the rear of the Sutherland Works (Hudson & Middleton), Normacot Road, Longton....		....there are three kilns in total
Kiln at Heron Cross Pottery range - the oven protrudes through the building roof. Chilton Street, Fenton.		Three calcining ovens in the works occupied by James Kent (Ceramic Materials) Ltd. Formerly one of the Baker Pottery works, Fountain Street, Fenton
Two bottle Ovens at Johnson Brothers Pottery (Trent Pottery) - alongside the Cauldon canal.		Single slender circular hovel to calcining oven, Uttoxeter Road (near the Enson works), Longton
Last remaining bottle kiln at the Middleport Potteries, Port Street, Middleport, Burslem - alongside the Trent & Mersey Canal.		A square calcining kiln in Milvale Street, Middleport, Burslem - alongside the Trent & Mersey Canal.
Remaining kiln at the Moorcroft works, Sandbach Road, Cobridge, Burslem		experimental muffle kiln with circular hovel at Moorland Pottery Works, Burslem.
Two calcining kilns, one square & one circular - on Newport Lane, Burslem - alongside the Trent & Mersey Canal.		Two bottle ovens at the Falcon pottery works, Sturgess Street, Stoke.
A large bottle kiln at the former Price and Kensington, National Teapot Works, Longport, Burslem		An enclosed bottle kiln at the Smithfield Pottery, now situated on The Potteries Way (ring road around Hanley).
Two calcining kilns of 1887 in the former Cliffe Vale potteries of Twyfords, Shelton New Road - alongside the Trent and Mersey canal.		Single bottle oven, corner of Warren St / Normacot Road, Longton
1906 bottle kiln at the Falcon Pottery of J H Weatherby, Old Town Road, Hanley.		Three bottle kilns at Acme Marls, Woodbank Street, Burslem