Hillis Brick and Tile Works
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Brick Kiln at Hillis Gate
The circular, or beehive kiln at Brickfields on Hillis Gate Road dates from the early 20th century and is the sole remaining evidence of the Hillis Brick and Tile Works which once occupied the site - and possibly the sole remaining complete brick making building on the entire island.
Maps show that the works expanded from a relatively modest beginnings before 1864 to quite an extensive brickworks by 1897.
Hillis Brick and Tile Works - 1908
By 1909 the brickworks appear to have reached its largest extent, and it continued relatively unchanged until it closed in 1955?? - (the 1939 OS map shows the works as disused.)
The Hillis Gate Brickyard was one of the yards owned by members of the Pritchett family who had been making bricks on the Island from the mid 18th century.
