Former Cliff Vale Pottery and Calcining Kilns, Now Caradon Twyfords Limited is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1979. Industrial, pottery. 2 related planning applications.
Former Cliff Vale Pottery and Calcining Kilns, Now Caradon Twyfords Limited
- WRENN ID
- final-courtyard-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent Central MP: Gareth Snell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1979
- Type
- Industrial, pottery
- Address
- Former Cliff Vale Pottery and Calcining Kilns, Now Caradon Twyfords Limited, Shelton New Road, City of Stoke-On-Trent
- OS grid reference
- SJ 872 464
- Coordinates
- 53.01488, -2.1909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Cliff Vale Pottery and Calcining Kilns, now known as Caradon Twyfords Ltd, is a pottery works and bottle ovens built in 1887, with later modifications. The structure is made of brick with stone dressings and features plain-tiled roofs. The main frontage consists of three storeys and 22 bays arranged in a pattern of 2-2-4-1-4-9. The entrance bay is highlighted by stone pilasters and an entrance with a cast-iron lintel above, along with three stilted arched windows above it. An ornamented segmental pediment bears the date of construction. On either side of the entrance bay are two towers featuring paired windows with stone aprons on the upper floors and stone quoins. The outer range to the right showcases a giant arched colonnade with windows that have cambered brick heads, along with a moulded brick eaves cornice. To the left, there are two bays designed in a similar style, followed by a gabled range with giant brick arches. Additionally, there are two calcining kilns of circular section that are joined together at the base but have free-standing caps.
Local climate
Former Cliff Vale Pottery and Calcining Kilns, Now Caradon Twyfords Limited receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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