The
view above shows the frontage of Longport Pottery on Davenport Street from
Trubshaw Cross c.1955. On the left was Longport House, the home of John
Davenport before he moved to Newport House and then Westwood Hall near
Leek.
Just
beyond the house was the three-story factory entrance shown in more
detail in the photograph here. Here next to the main entrance was the
factory office which was directly accessible from Longport House (see
1851 map of Longport Pottery).
Most
of these buildings, with the exception of some at the northern end of the works
now occupied by Arthur Wood & Sons, have since been demolished.
(1760's - mid 19th C))Arthur Wood's factory (was top part of Longport factory)
