Glass cone
A glass cone is a glass production structure historically unique to the United Kingdom. A glass cone had a large central furnace, a circular platform where the glassblowers worked, and smaller furnaces around its wall to ensure the glass did not cool too quickly.[1][2]
There are four surviving glass cones:
- Catcliffe Glass Cone, South Yorkshire
- Lemington Glass Works, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works, a Scottish scheduled monument,[3]
- Red House Cone in Wordsley, granted listed building status in 1966[4]
See also[edit]
- Bottle oven, a bottle-shaped kiln typical of Stoke-on-Trent
References[edit]
- ^ Buchanan, Angus (4 July 1974). "Industrial heritage: British glass". New Scientist. 63 (904). London: New Science Publications: 42. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Pearson, Lynn (2016). Victorian and Edwardian British Industrial Architecture. Crowood Press. pp. 128–130. ISBN 978-1-78500-189-5. OCLC 959428302.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Alloa Glass Works,glass cone (SM3746)". Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Glass Cone at Stuart and Sons Red House Glassworks (1076007)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2020.