Derelict canalside pottery at Longport, Stoke-on-Trent

Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 9 Sep 2014

This is part of the derelict early 19th century Top Bridge Pottery, Price and Kensington's Teapot Works, which ceased production in 2003. In the mid-nineteenth century, at the far end of the building, were two toilets, of which the company were very proud, and which discharged directly into the canal! http://www.thepotteries.org/walks/longport/7.htm Historic England update circa 2021: This early C19 pottery complex contains a repaired bottle oven but is now practically derelict and mostly unoccupied. The site has been subject to fires, heritage crime and is in a very poor condition: it is highly vulnerable and continues to deteriorate. The roadside building range of this complex was demolished in November 2019 because it was in immediate danger of collapsing into the road. Historic England has offered technical support and advice to Stoke City Council. Urgent works are required to stabilise the buildings whilst a long term solution is found for the site.

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