1897-1925

1847

The site of the early 20th century volunteer fire station is now occupied by a pair of garages.

1875-1958. Consett Iron Company took control of Garesfield Bute pit and the small firebrick works in 1891. Output was increased to supply the new Chopwell mines and cokeworks. In the 1920s, the brickyard supplied bricks to the Company’s works at Derwenthaugh, and in the late 1940s to new building work at Consett Ironworks. In 1925, about19 people worked in the brickyard. In 1937 a single-press Bradley and Craven machine was installed and could make 8000 common bricks per shift. After 1945, production was mainly concentrated on making common bricks. The yard had 13 Newcastle kilns, set in a row of eight and a short row of three, and couple by themselves. Some kilns held 8000 bricks, and others 10,000.

1875-1926. Messrs Priestman had a firebrick works at Victoria Garesfield, where about 20 people worked. The hand-moulded bricks were marked V.G.C.

1861

1894; new brickyard 1928-1970
During the 1890s, W and F Stobart (colliery owners) made bricks here. The Kellett family took over the colliery and brickworks and traded under the name Northern Industrial Improvement Trust. The brickyard was disused in 1921, but reopened in the late 1920s when a 24-chamber Belgian-type continuous kiln was built, with a rather squat chimney.

1938-1965
The new Barmston yard had a 32-chamber gas-fired continuous kiln.

The farmhouse, stable block, barn and outbuildings have been sensitively converted into a charming group of dwellings. The windows and doors have been traditionally designed.

1894