St Julian';s Coping Brick, Corporation Road, Newport 13 October 2017
A coping brick on a front garden wall on Corporation Road, originally carrying cast iron railings. As is often the case with these special bricks, the "N" of St Julian's and Newport is reversed. A bit further down, a gatepost cap brick had the same reversed "N".
It is known that this brickworks was operating and supplying bricks in the 1890s, and a wall at Big Pit, Blaenavon has a St Julian’s brick in it. Kelly’s for 1881 has an entry for “G Howard, St Julian’s, Christchurch, Newport” which may be connected. Kelly’s of 1895 has “St Julian’s Brick & Tile Co, Newport. The last entry held is in Kelly’s for 1926.
St Julian';s Coping Brick, Corporation Road, Newport 13 October 2017
A coping brick on a front garden wall on Corporation Road, originally carrying cast iron railings. As is often the case with these special bricks, the "N" of St Julian's and Newport is reversed. A bit further down, a gatepost cap brick had the same reversed "N".
It is known that this brickworks was operating and supplying bricks in the 1890s, and a wall at Big Pit, Blaenavon has a St Julian’s brick in it. Kelly’s for 1881 has an entry for “G Howard, St Julian’s, Christchurch, Newport” which may be connected. Kelly’s of 1895 has “St Julian’s Brick & Tile Co, Newport. The last entry held is in Kelly’s for 1926.