Aynsley China Works (Southern Range) is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1993. Pottery works.

Aynsley China Works (Southern Range)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1993
Type
Pottery works
Address
Aynsley China Works (Southern Range), Sutherland Street, City of Stoke-On-Trent
OS grid reference
SJ 913 433
Coordinates
52.98746, -2.13089
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Aynsley China Works, located on Sutherland Street in Longton, is a pottery works built largely in 1861. The building is constructed of brick and features plain tiled roofs. It has a main range that is three storeys high and consists of 15 bays. The central entrance bay is pedimented and includes an archway that leads to the rear of the building, with Palladian style windows positioned above. A cartouche displaying the date is located in the pediment. The windows are adorned with shallow pedimented heads supported by corbels, and there are continuous stuccoed sill bands throughout.

Local climate

Aynsley China Works (Southern Range) 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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