19th century worker cottages, Goose Cottage, Stone Cottage and Tamarisk, 3, 4 and 5 Quay Lane (EHER 40557)

Late 19th century Worker Cottages associated with the Quay Lane Brick Works, also known as Kirby Brick Works.

Quay Lane Brick Works, also known as Kirby Brick Works, operated from 1899 until the second World War. By 1903 when the brick works were bought by the Estate Building Co., a Labourers Cottage (now Goose Cottage) and “six ‘modern’ brick and slated cottages” had been built for employees (along with three pairs of timber and tiled cottages which have not been identified). Goose Cottage stands immediately next to the site of the former brick works on the west side of Quay Lane and has had its brick walls rendered and the slate roof replaced with tiles. The other six cottages are two terraces of three cottages on the east side of Quay Lane. These are now numbers 3, 4 and 5 and the other terrace now consists of Stone Cottage and Tamarisk which consists of two cottages converted to one. Again the brick walls have been rendered and the roof slates replaced with tiles. A feature of the terraces is that the partition fire walls extend above the roof level. With the possible exception of Stone Cottage, which appears to retain its original sash windows with small panes, all original doors and windows have been replaced. <1>