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Kiln Heights, CA10 2FS

This horizontal single cylinder steam engine by W C Holmes of Huddersfield is ex Stoke on Trent Gasworks and is mounted on the bed of an earlier engine (its crankshaft is seen in the background). This engine was later restored by Fred Dibnah but is believed to be currently out of operation.

This horizontal single cylinder steam engine by W C Holmes of Huddersfield is ex Stoke on Trent Gasworks and is mounted on the bed of an earlier engine (its crankshaft is seen in the background). This engine was later restored by Fred Dibnah but is believed to be currently out of operation.

This horizontal single cylinder steam engine by W C Holmes of Huddersfield is ex Stoke on Trent Gasworks and is mounted on the bed of an earlier engine (its crankshaft is seen in the right background). This engine was later restored by Fred Dibnah but the site is now up for redevelopment for housing, although the engine will be saved as a heritage feature.

Seen from the edge of the site. The chimney is attached to the steam engine and boiler house. The blunger is to the left of the chimney.

The kiln is within a building at this preserved pottery site and partly filled to show how it would have been prepared for firing. I must have been quite impressed to spare one of my black and white exposures on this when I was husbanding every shot.

This is the view into the bottle kiln showing the wares stacked in saggars for firing. Some items just appear to be on shelves and not in saggars and I don't know how accurate that is. The pottery was then preserved and operated as a museum but in 2020 is due to be redeveloped for housing. Some items will be retained as of heritage interest but the building with the kiln is slated for conversion. Depending on your view this is the least worst option for this site or wanton vandalism by profit-seeking developers.

This site is being redeveloped but with retention of the key heritage features that have statutory protection. This shows the kiln that formerly had a building around it.

This site is being redeveloped but with retention of the key heritage features. The kiln is on the right but appears to have had the surrounding building removed.

Craft pottery in the early days of preservation - before Fred Dibnah did it up. This is home to a steam engine from Stoke Gas Works that replaced an earlier indigenous engine (a few parts remain).

The engine was the power plant for the pottery. It was restored in 1995 by Fred Dibnah.