Pottery Works (Enson Works) is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1979. Pottery works. 4 related planning applications.

Pottery Works (Enson Works)

WRENN ID
night-nave-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 August 1979
Type
Pottery works
Address
Pottery Works (Enson Works), Chelson Street, City of Stoke-On-Trent
OS grid reference
SJ 914 430
Coordinates
52.98464, -2.1285
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pottery Works, known as Enson Works, is a late 19th-century pottery facility located in Stoke on Trent. The building features a courtyard plan and is constructed of brick with tiled roofs. It is two storeys high and has an arched entrance. The rear wing of the building was constructed in two phases and includes an integral bottle oven. Additionally, there are three further kilns located within the complex behind the main structure, with one kiln built or rebuilt in 1937.

Local climate

Pottery Works (Enson Works) receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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