Furlong Mill

SJ 8649 SW, 613-1/11/101

STOKE ON TRENT, MIDDLEPORT, Furlong Lane (south-east side), Furlong Mill

(Formerly Listed as: FURLON LANE, Burslem Pair of bottle kilns at The Furlong Mills Co. Ltd.)

25/05/89

II

Mill for the preparation of potting materials. Originally built in 1842, enlarged 1913 and with subsequent alterations. Courtyard plan, with frontage range and kilns and other buildings in rear yard. Largely brick with plain tiled roofs. Frontage range of two storeys, built in two distinct phases: main section houses arched entrance to yard, with cast-iron lintel and relieving arch over, and an inscription stone above, flanked by two windows, reading "Furlong Mills. 1842 enlarged 1913." Six bays beyond have round-arched window with wrought-iron glazing bars. 3-bay section to the left, possibly part of the earlier works, with segmentally-arched openings to ground floor, with windows inserted into former arched entry, and sash-type windows above, with gauged brick heads. Two calcining kilns in the yard to the rear, adjoining a C20 reinforced concrete building. The kilns are circular with elongated necks with moulded cap and bands.

This mill including the two calcining kilns is the only survivor with the Etruscan Bone and Flint Mill (q.v.) of the purpose-built grinding mills producing raw materials for the potteries.

Listing NGR: SJ8647049403