Middleport Bottle Kiln

Middleport Pottery was built in 1888 by Burgess & Leigh Ltd (founders William Leigh and Frederick Rathbone Burgess). It is located at Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, England. The buildings, which still house an active pottery, are protected for their historic interest.

The pottery was given listed building status in the 1970s. By this time six of the seven bottle ovens on the site had been demolished. The surviving bottle oven was given its own listing. In 1988 the course of the Trent and Mersey Canal through Stoke-on-Trent was designated a linear conservation area.

Courtesy if Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleport_Pottery

For those of you who might be interested, this is the location of the Great Pottery Throw-down on BBC TV. (Not being shown this year unfortunately).