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

• Bottle oven, a bottle-shaped kiln typical of Stoke-on-Trent

References

1. Buchanan, Angus (4 July 1974). "Industrial heritage: British glass". New Scientist . 63 (904). London: New Science Publications: 42. Retrieved 9 June 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. Pearson, Lynn (2016). Victorian and Edwardian British Industrial Architecture. Crowood Press. pp. 128–130. ISBN   978-1-78500-189-5. OCLC   959428302.
3. Historic Environment Scotland. "Alloa Glass Works, glass cone (SM3746)" . Retrieved 27 October 2021.
4. Historic England. "Glass Cone at Stuart and Sons Red House Glassworks (1076007)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 10 June 2020.