More information : (SK 44059881) Kiln (dis) (NAT). (1)
5/23 BLACKMOOR ROAD Rockingham Kiln
(north-west side, off)
11.12.53
II*
Pottery kiln. Probably early C19. Red brick in English bond,
part-rendered. Bottle shape with door in north side and window in
south side, both boarded-up. Various bricked openings including
doorway in east side. Dentil course beneath capped apex. Formed
part of the Rockingham Pottery which evolved from a works established
in 1745 by Joseph Flint and continued, from c1755-65, as the Swinton
Pottery by Edward Butler (d.1763) and his wife. Passed through
various ownerships which, from 1768-c1776, involved William Fenny
of Catcliffe Glass Works. From 1785-1806 was controlled and finally
run down by Leeds Pottery. From 1806 John Brameld (d.1819) and his
son William ran the pottery with financial support from Earl
Fitzwilliam. William and his two brothers became bankrupt in 1825
but with more Fitzwilliam support, and now able to produce porcelain,
continued in business using the name Rockingham and the griffin
emblem. The major undertaking of a service for William IV was
achieved in the 1830's at the expense of commercial viability.
The works closed in 1842. The kiln is a rare survival of its type
in what was an internationally reknowned porcelain works.
A. Cox and A. Cox Rockingham Pottery and Porcelain 1745-1842, 1983,
London, (full history, kiln illustrated on page 18). (2)
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