Listed Buildings in Stoke-on-Trent. (71a) Heron Cross pottery & bottle kiln

Listed Buildings in Stoke-on-Trent and area

Heron Cross pottery & bottle kiln

Area Fenton/Heron Cross	Street Chilton Street	Heritage No. 71a	Grade II	Date Listed 20 Aug 1979
Building: Heron Cross Pottery range - formerly occupied by Bencroft Ltd
Location: STOKE ON TRENT SJ84NE
Description: 1880-90, Three story brick range with bottle oven. Oven protrudes through the building roof.

Heron Cross pottery range and bottle kiln

photo: Steve Birks - Oct 1999

Main range of pottery works, now visitor centre and factory shop.

Late 19th Century. Brick with plain tiled roof. 2-storeyed 12-bay range and lower gable to the right, with inserted doorway to the ground floor and blocked loading door above.

Fixed-light windows with cambered heads in main section. Left of the entrance, a wide hovel set in the main range and housing a reconstructed fritt kiln.

Some alterations to the facade, including the removal of the top storey after a fire, and the renewal of the entrance.

photo: © Mr Brian Peach - July 2001

photo: © Chris Oldham - 2007

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