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Craven Dunnill

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Craven Dunnill returned to the site as Craven Dunnill Jackfield Ltd in 2000, reviving the manufacture of commercial tiles there after a gap of around fifty years. A multi-million pound business in 2012, Craven Dunnill Jackfield Limited's specialist team manufacture decorative wall and floor tiles
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style with a characteristic 'long and thin' plan, enabling raw clay to enter at one end, and finished products to emerge at the other. Lynam was the architect of two other 19th century
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originals. Decorated with inlaid patterns of different-coloured clays, Craven Dunnill encaustic tiles were extensively used for church tiling schemes, from
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using traditional Victorian methods. The company produces tiles for a UK and worldwide market including the US,
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More recently Craven Dunnill Jackfield were responsible for restoring the flooring of the Central Lobby of the
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Some parts of the factory and a weekly guided tour are open to visitors of the on-site Jackfield Tile Museum.
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Historic Craven Dunnill tiles and art pottery images from the Shrewsbury Museum collections
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Journal of the Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society, Vol 4, 1992 (
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Original, early 20th century, Craven Dunnill tiles on the bar of the
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Speaker left floored as stunning tiles are fitted in Parliament
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The Craven Dunnill Encaustic Tile Works are a waypoint on the
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Craven Dunnill Jackfield Ltd., commercial tile manufacturers
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Craven Dunnill & Co. Ltd., commercial tile distributors
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who specialized in industrial buildings and also worked on
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The historic Jackfield Works site was acquired by the
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Index


Jackfield Tile Museum
Henry Powell Dunnill
Jackfield
Shropshire
England
ceramic
tiles

Golden Cross pub
Jackfield
Charles Lynam
architect
Leek, Staffordshire
Croxden Abbey
Gothic Revival
Victorian era
Mintons Ltd
Stoke-on-Trent
Hollins, Staffordshire
Maw & Co.
Jackfield
encaustic tiles
medieval
parish churches
Kemberton
cathedrals
Chester Cathedral
Shrewsbury Cathedral
lustre

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