Falcon Works, Hanley
J H Weatherby

 

The Falcon Works and the Bottle Kiln are now listed buildings. 

 

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Falcon Works 

Messrs. J H Weatherby & Sons established a small works at Tunstall in 1891. In the following year they moved to the larger Falcon Pottery at Hanley. Good quality earthenware tableware has been produced up to the present time. The marks include the initials J H W & Sons or the name 'Weatherby'.

From Jewitt's "Ceramic Art of Great Britain, 1800-1900" 

 

 

Falcon Works 1906 building, brick with tiled roof.
Falcon Works 1906 building, brick with tiled roof.

 

Frontage of the works in Old Town Road, Hanley
Frontage of the works in Old Town Road, Hanley

 

Side of the works - the Potteries Shopping Centre car park is visible at the end of the alleyway.
Side of the works - the Potteries Shopping Centre 
car park is visible at the end of the alleyway.

 

Falcon Pottery, the entrance to the yard.
Falcon Pottery, the entrance to the yard.

 

The bottle kiln (1906) is a listed building, updraught oven with squat circular hovel  Through the gate is the yard and the bottle kiln
Through the gate is the yard and the bottle kiln

The bottle kiln (1906) is a listed building, 
updraught oven with squat circular hovel

 

Questions/comments? email: Steve Birks