Burmantofts Faience.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Thu 10 Jan, 2013 12:20 am

Just came across a nice little collection of photos of tiles in Leeds:http://www.hansvanlemmen.co.uk/tiles-in-leeds/While I'm on, I think these examples of Burmantofts faience in Newcastle upon Tyne have been mentioned here before but feast your eyes again:http://www.northumbria.info/Pages/Centurion.html

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 10 Jan, 2013 12:44 am

Cheers Geordie for that interesting Leeds tiles photos website.

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Thu 10 Jan, 2013 2:28 am

FROM LEODISI don't think this has had a mention before. St. Agnes, interior view (Burmantofts) (1 comment)Black & White image Undated. Interior view of the church of St. Agnes, situated in Stoney Rock Lane. It was designed in 14th century Gothic style by architects, Messrs. Kelly and Birchall. The reredos, seen here, is made in terracotta faience and was presented by the Burmantofts Company. The church of St. Agnes was consecrated in 1889 and was built to seat 650 persons. In 1939 it amalgamated with St. Stephen's in Nippet Lane when the church building of St. Stephen's was demolished.[internal reference; 2010614_170847:LQ 283 K634 92 (2)]Anyone interested in viewing the church interior will have to waitfor the spring/summer.Services are held in the church hall in the winter months.

BIG N · Post by **BIG N** » Thu 10 Jan, 2013 4:10 am

bagpuss wrote: The brick is made by Leeds Fireclay Co of which Burmantofts was one of the factories that were part of the LFC. The brick could have been made at either Burmantofts, Wortley, Pudsey or Huddersfield. Bagpuss - may I just digress for moment and ask, your reference to LFC bricks possibly being made in Huddersfield - would this have been at what later became Elliott's brickworks at Lepton / Waterloo in Huddersfield ?The only reason I ask is that I spent a lot of my childhood at my Grand parents house that overlooked Elliott's and on Sundays we used to go walking around their quarries and playing on the excavator and dump trucks - no problems with H & S in those days lol

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Thu 10 Jan, 2013 8:39 am

Leodian wrote: Cheers Geordie for that interesting Leeds tiles photos website. This set of tiles is on the floor in the Central Library.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Thu 10 Jan, 2013 9:55 am

Often walked by and overlookedhttp://goo.gl/maps/cAMgk

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Thu 10 Jan, 2013 1:09 pm

[quotenick="tilly"][quotenick="Leodian"]Cheers Geordie for that interesting Leeds tiles photos website.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Thu 10 Jan, 2013 1:12 pm

And more tiles in the Central Library.

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Thu 10 Jan, 2013 9:33 pm

Burmantofts tiles.One of the downstairs corridors of the Palace Hotel Oxford StreetManchester.Formerly the Refuge Assurance Company building

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Thu 10 Jan, 2013 9:38 pm

Geordie-exile wrote: Just came across a nice little collection of photos of tiles in Leeds:http://www.hansvanlemmen.co.uk/tiles-in-leeds/While I'm on, I think these examples of Burmantofts faience in Newcastle upon Tyne have been mentioned here before but feast your eyes again:http://www.northumbria.info/Pages/Centurion.html With the exception of the beer the Centurion's great.