Two conical brick kilns (one partially demolished), brick drying sheds and associated works; the site is still used as a brickworks. <1> The firing chambers of both show all the features of a downdraught kiln. At ground level in the wall of a brick built shed to the rear of the kilns are the tops of two small arches which may be the relieving arches over underground flues from the kilns passing under the shed (a drying shed) to a chimney, now vanished, at the far end. It is probable that the chimney with the cone has been at some time converted from updraught to downdraught and at the same time a second kiln was built new as a downdraught kiln. <2> <3> <4> <5> Photos in SMR. <6> Other refs <7>

Beehive kiln of the updraught variety, Originally 6 or 7 large furnaces, although as the brickwork was destroyed these suffered conversion. All internal bricks heavily sooted and vitrified. There is an eleborate entrance door with decorative edging I white brick in the jambs. The structure encircled by fine iron strapping. Header bond used for dome and lower portion of building, bricks stamped with Timmis of Stourbridge. Original bricks frogless with evidence of later frogged repairs. From evidence building appears to be c.1820. Within a few feet is a building (another kiln) that resembles an Oasthouse. The lower portion appears to be identical with the first beehive, the bricks mortar and strapping similar, the cone is built of larger bricks in stretcher bond. Both prob built around 1820, then in 1850 one kiln converted to a drying shed <8>

two brick kilns and ancilliary buildings at Messrs WH Collier and Sons, Church Lane, Marks Tey. Presently used for keping pigs and storing straw. Two upright bottle kilns both seven flues with south facing entrances. Eastern has lost its conical dome, retains strapping. Company formed in 1863, taking over an existing brickworks which fired using temporary clamp kilns. With the invention of Hoffman kiln in 1858 many smaller kilns became manily obsolete although those which post-dated were usually the square Scotch type. Those at Marks Tey are thought to date from 1860 although it seems likely they predate the takeover at around 1840 <9>.