Drumbain Brick & Tileworks, Dipple, Ayrshire
1855 – 1857 – ScotlandsPlaces – Dipple Tileworks. A tile and brickworks constructed in the year 1840. The works are carried on by a foreman appointed by the Marquis of Ailsa who is both proprietor and occupier.
Below – 1856 – Dipple Tileworks.
Below- 17/01/1863 – Ayrshire Express – Drumbain Tilework, Kirkoswald to let and Whitehill Tilework, Coylton. Apply Thomas Dykes, The Castle, Maybole.
08/11/1873 – Paisley Herald – Marriage … Robert Andrews, Ironmonger, Argyll Street to Annie L. McGowan, eldest daughter of William McGowan, late of Drumbrian Brick and Tile Works, Kirkeswald, Ayrshire.
Below – 1894 – Drumbain Brick & Tile Works, Dipple, Ayrshire
1908 – Marked as disused but this next entry is confusing with regards the dates?
26/01/1914 – Invoice – Dipple Tileworks Limited, manufacturers of bricks, drain pipes, tiles &c. Registered office Grange Place, Kilmarnock. Works Dipple near Girvan.
29/09/1917 – Hamilton Advertiser – Shirlaw Allan & Co, Auctioneers, Hamilton – on an early day – At Dipple Tileworks, Dipple by Girvan. Plant machinery and buildings.
08/11/1918 – Edinburgh Gazette – Dipple Tileworks in liquidation.
Dipple Tileworks Limited (in Liquidation). Notice is hereby given, in pursuance of Section 195 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, that a General Meeting of the Members
of the above-named Company will be held at the Office of the Liquidator, 86 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, on Wednesday the 11th day of December next, at 11 o’clock forenoon, for the purpose
of having an account laid before them, showing the manner which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the Company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that
may be given by the Liquidator. Dated this 6th day of November 1918.
Andrew Wallace C.A., Liquidator
Below – Google maps view
Below – This hutch or bogie wheel was found next to the old clay pit and may well have been used for transporting newly dug clay.
Below – The following bricks were found on the site of the old Dipple Works and are presumed to have been manufactured there – with the probable exception of the firebrick.
Below – Fire brick and terracotta floor tile.
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Below – A brick drain or ‘hollow’ brick. Note the remarkable definition of the fingerprints.
An elongated thumbprint to one side of the brick and 4 fingerprints to the other.
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Below – A drainage pipe found on-site and very likely to be a product of the works. Found by John (Ian) Jones, Ayrshire.
13 1/2″ long x 2 3/4″ wide ( internal diameter 2″ wide)
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Many thanks to Vladimir Smirnov for highlighting this brick to me which was found in the vicinity of the St. Petersburg Region, Gatchina Region, Russia by a brick collector, Alexander Korolev. It was discovered the stove of a private house. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein &…
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Note the thumbprint to the bottom left. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . .
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. Note the thumbprint to the top right. . . .
Found by Ian Suddaby on the shore at Prestongrange. This example is not in my possession. The manufacturer is unknown but it is very likely to be a product of the Prestongrange Works. It is also believed that ‘Lion’ may represent the customer and indeed this customer may be the Lion Foundry in Kirkintilloch near…
Found by Claudio Ernesto Rios. Claudio states – The bricks were found in the City of Zárate, Buenos Aires, Argentina. In a fridge (almost totally destroyed today) the fridge’s name was Smithfield Refrigerator of English capital, built in 1903, so I would believe those bricks were manufactured in the last decade of the 19th century….
Found by Harley Plowman an old 1800s hotel site in New Zealand. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. Note the thumbprint. Note the upside-down ‘W’. . .
Found by Ian Suddaby at Bonnyside, Bonnybridge. This example is not in my possession. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Below – A similar stamp with a thumbprint to the top right. Found by Ian Suddaby in the Ravenscraig, Motherwell area.
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Ravenscraig, Motherwell area. This example is not in my possession. The manufacturer of this fire brick is unknown. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but … Ian states – Another pile of sieved bricks at the Dalzell/Colville Steelworks dumping ground in Motherwell and another very interesting find. This firebrick is…
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Ravenscraig, Motherwell area. This example is not in my possession. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Lilliehill Fireclay Works, Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife – Robert Lindsay, brick manufacturer. . .
Found by Ray Thorn at Grandbay, New Brunswick, Canada. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
