Enholmes Brick And Tile Works

A brick and tile works, dating to the late 1840s and originally built for William Marshall, now used as offices, stores, and a workshop. The building was renovated in 1980-2. Constructed of red brick, it has a pantile roof and an L-shaped layout, comprising a former brick and tile pressing shop to the south-east, with a drying shed attached to the west and north. The south side has two storeys and five bays, with twin gables and a central straight joint. The former drying shop section on the left features a full-height round-arched opening containing a 20th-century door beneath a timber lintel, and a window with glazing bars within a recessed panel. Lower flanking round-arched recessed panels are present, with one containing a 20th-century door beneath a flat brick arch. The former pressing shop section to the right has pairs of 12-pane ground-floor sash windows with ashlar sills and brick flat arches, and single unequal 9-pane first-floor sashes with sills. Projecting eaves feature shaped brackets and plain bargeboards. The east side of the pressing shop has four recessed bays, each with pairs of 12-pane ground-floor sashes and unequal 9-pane first-floor sashes, along with an inserted panelled door and overlight to the second bay, which has been rebuilt. The west side of the drying shed contains 22 bays, with stone-coped rounded brick piers supporting exposed tie-beams; six bays have 20th-century sliding doors, the remainder are blocked and contain windows. A corbelled angle is to the north-west. The east side of the drying shed has 15 bays with similar brick piers, a single 20th-century door, and casements in blocked openings. The interior northern section of the drying shed retains the original roof structure, featuring heavy tie-beams, truncated principal rafters, king- and queen-struts. The Enholmes Brick and Tile Works formerly provided building and drainage materials for the Marshall Estate, including Enholmes Farm, Enholmes Hall, the now-demolished Flax Mills, and housing for employees; it ceased operation around 1950. The round-arched openings and gable details are similar to those used at Enholmes Farm, suggesting the same architect.