of Hathern Works, near Loughborough.
Manufacturers of Architectural Terra Cotta and Staffordshire Blue Bricks. Makers of Hathernware
The story of Hathern Station Brick and Terra Cotta Co started with the discovery of clay suitable for making common and facing bricks when the railway was being built in 1840 George Hodson bought the site in 1874 and brickmaking started and continued on the site until 1939 when Hathernware Ltd decided to concentrate upon terracotta and chemical stoneware production.[1]
1875 Established by George Hodson and James F. Hodson. See also See G. A. Hodson
1888 Advert. The Hathern Station Brick Company's Red, white, Buff and Blue Bricks, Glazed Bricks, Sanitary Pipes and Terra Cotta.[2]
1902 Incorporated as a Limited Company. Business carried on at Sutton Bonington, Notts., and Cliff, near Tamworth. G. Hodson is governing director.[3]
1912 Used on the frontage of the Walpole Theatre, Ealing.[4]
1914 Manufacturers of Architectural Terra Cotta and Staffordshire Blue Bricks, Hathern Works, near Loughborough. Directors: G. A. Hodson (Managing Director), F. W. Hodson, F. Hodson, R. E. Hodson. Secretary: M. Bourne. Premises: Cover forty-five acres, large and well-equipped Factory. Branch: Cliff Blue Brick Works, Tamworth. Specialities: Terra Cotta in White, Glazed "Hathernware," Vitreous Glazed, Buff, Biscuit, Grey, Tawny, and Red to Architects' Designs, Chimney Pots, Staffordshire Blue Vitrified Bricks, Stable and Footway Pavings, Kerbs, Channels, Manger Blocks, Copings, Blue and Pink Terra Cotta, Architectural Terra Cotta in any colour. Claim that for durability and hardness it is not to be equalled in the Kingdom.
1939 'The architects' choice of Hathernware Faience has resulted in pleasing elevations to the frontages of Huntingdon street and Howard-street The main colour of the Faience is cream, with the base in granite-coloured Faience and the lettering in green'[5]
1991 Part of Ibstock Building Products.[6]
1998 'Ibstock Hathernware Ltd which makes architectural terracotta on the outskirts of Sutton Bonington'[7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Loughborough Echo - Friday 20 February 1987
- ↑ Building News - Friday 07 December 1888
- ↑ Financial News - Tuesday 11 November 1902
- ↑ Middlesex County Times - Saturday 27 July 1912
- ↑ Nottingham Journal - Wednesday 28 June 1939
- ↑ Loughborough Echo - Friday 27 September 1991
- ↑ Loughborough Echo - Friday 12 June 1998