Westport Road runs from Fountain Square (end of Market Place) in Burslem town centre down to the junction of Davenport Street and Brownhills Road. Westport Road was originally Liverpool Road - it was renamed in the early 1950's. 

In the early early 1800's this road was indeed the road, through Tunstall and onto the North and Liverpool - where pottery ware was transported to America.

On Westport Road there are three listed buildings: the remaining part of the Wood's factory, part of the Hill Top Sunday School and the facade of Wades Hill Top works.

The corner frontage of the old Enoch Wood Fountain Works
restored in 2000 as flats.

on the Fountain Works

Detail -of the main entrance to the works
showing the restored Venetian window and cupola

photos: Jan 2001

next: The restoration of Wood's Works in 2000