tarboat's photos with the keyword: ruabon

This mosaic was rescued from the entrance to the offices of Dennis Ruabon Tiles Ltd., and later Dennis Ruabon Limited, on High St, Ruabon. Seen at the Terracottapolis exhibition in Wrexham.

Situated 1km south west of Ruabon, and in the middle of a caravan business, is this vertical winding engine house, built 1855-6 as one of the original structures of the Wynnstay Colliery. It is listed Grade II* as an exceptionally good example of the building type which is said to be the oldest surviving architectural monument in the North Wales Coalfield. It is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Wynnstay Colliery was sunk by the New British Iron Company starting in 1856.By 1896 the ownership lay with Wynnstay Collieries Co. Ltd., Ruabon, and this company erected a 22ft Walker ventilation fan in 1902. Although the colliery closed in 1927 there are extensive remains to be found on the site including the winding enginehouse ( www.ipernity.com/doc/302581/35388203 ), and this building that housed the fan.

Situated 1km south west of Ruabon, and in the middle of a caravan business, is this vertical winding engine house, built 1855-6 as one of the original structures of the Wynnstay Colliery. It is listed Grade II* as an exceptionally good example of the building type which is said to be the oldest surviving architectural monument in the North Wales Coalfield. It is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Terracotta panel on the wall of the Hafod brickworks that was built by Henry Dennis who traded as Dennis, Ruabon. There is another panel close by with the date of 1893 and this is probably of a similar date.

Afon Goch & Tatham Tileries - Tatham Brick & Tile Works was operated from c1860 by Henry Richard Bowers & Co producing bricks, pipes and chimney pots. The works apopears to have been taken over by the Ruabon Brick & Terracotta Co after 1910. I have never seen a complete example of a brick from this works lettered as here. This example was on the beach at Crosby

A glazed brick from the H R Bowers brickworks at Penbedw, Acrefair. Henry Bowers was operating from this site by 1854 producing glazed stoneware pipes, firebricks and white facing bricks. The business flourished until his death in 1902 but then declined and was liquidated in 1912. The brickworks site was quarried away by Rhos Fireclays Ltd in the 1970s.

Another triumph of terracotta. Next to the Brunner Guildhall in Winsford is the Verdin Grammar School of 1895, designed by Woodhouse and Willoughby of Manchester. It was built for £8,000 by James Fowles, a Winsford builder.

A wonderful example of the work of J. C. Edwards (Ruabon) Ltd is this dragon on the roof of a house in Chester. The original drawings for this piece are kept in the Denbighshire Record Office.