Kiln And Buildings At Former Escolme Pottery

This is a pottery kiln and associated workshops, dating from 1833. The kiln was built for T Hall and William Davenport and later operated as the Escolme pottery.

The circular bottle kiln is constructed of red brick, incorporating blue headers within the English garden wall bond. It measures approximately 8.5 metres in diameter at its base. The upper section of the kiln has been removed, and there is a square opening beneath a steel joist on the east side.

Attached to the southwest side of the kiln is a two-story range of former workshops, now used as agricultural buildings. This range is four bays wide, featuring two-light windows with segmental heads formed of blue headers at the first floor. The ground floor has square-headed openings, including two wider cart openings. An external timber staircase is positioned on the right side, and a pitching door is located in the lower wing on the left.

The buildings along the High Street and the former workshop range behind the High Street frontage of numbers 114-118 are not considered to have group value.

The site represents a rare and early example of the once widespread pottery industry in south Derbyshire.