| Description | Manor House pottery located east of Stonehall Road and north east of Leeds Road, Eccleshill. The pottery was erected in September 1837 by William Woodhead as a pottery and brickyard on common land, and he later purchased the land in 1854 when he also took Davison and Cooper into partnership (Lawrence 1974, p. 197). Woodhead died in the early 1860s and his widow Hannah took over, and she was joined by her son in law William Marshall, who worked there into the 1890s (Lawrence 1974, p.197). The works were purchased by W. R. Bonnett in 1879 and sold to Leather Chemical Co ltd in 1920.
The pottery under Woodhead manufactured earthenwares, stone glazed bottles and brown saltglazed stoneware, similar to that manufactured in Nottingham and Wibsey. Domestic articles, ornaments and Garden vases, statuettes and busts of early nineteenth celebrities were also made by the pottery. The busts which included Nelson, Wellington, Burns, Byron and Scott, had a high sheen with a very granula 'orange peel' texture. Jugs, cradles, knife boxes, salt kits and puzzle jugs were also made (Griffin 2012, p.294) When William Marshall took over pottery production ceased in favour of brick, chimney pots and allied wares (Griffin 2012, p.294). Only one mark is known from the site, which is on a spirit flask in the Yorkshire Museum, this is shown below:
WOODHEAD.DAVISON
.and COOPER.
ECCLESHILL.MANOR
POTTERY
.YORKSHIRE.
The pottery is clearly shown on O.S. mapping of 1854, 1894,1908 and 1948 and the eastern wing of the pottery (a grade II listed structure) still survives, it is, however not clear what elements of the pottery, if any, still survive.
The English Heritage Listed Building Record (UDA No. 1133044 ;LBS No. 336718) is as follows: 'Circa 1830 rebuild of manor house, part of which survives in mutilated form as rear wing. Two storeys, sandstone 'brick'. Hipped stone slate roof, corniced chimneys. Three bay symmetrical east front, revealed glazing bar sashes. Doorway with moulded cornice on console brackets. Rebuilt bow window to south return.' |