Somerset Brick and Tile Museum

East Quay
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 4AE
England

Website

www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/culturecommunity/museums/somersetmuseums/bricktile/

www.somerset.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

county-museums@somerset.gov.uk

Telephone

Heritage Service HQ

01823 320200

Museum site

01278 426088

Fax

01823 320229

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Guided tours icon Visual disability facilities icon Wheelchair access icon

The museum is dedicated to the local industry of brick and tile making, one of the many labour-intensive coal based industries once found in Somerset.

The core of the museum is the only remaining tile kiln in Bridgwater. It used to be one of six at the former Barham Brothers' Yard at East Quay. It was last fired in 1965, the year that the works closed.

Demonstrated inside are the methods and processes involved in making the impressive variety of bricks, tiles, terracotta plaques and other wares that create the 'look' of Somerset towns like Bridgwater, Burnham and Glastonbury.

The kiln is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, saved from dereliction in the 1990s when it became a museum, now run in partnership between Somerset Heritage Service, Somerset Work Preparation Services and Sedgemoor District Council.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Tues-Thurs 10.00-16.00,
Other times by appointment.

Closed: Fri-Mon

 Admission charges

Admission free during advertised opening hours.

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Toilets
 Disability access
  • Touch exhibits
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held

Additional info

For bookings and research facilities, please contact Somerset Heritage Service on the telephone numbers and e-contact addresses given above.

East Quay
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 4AE
England

Website

www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/culturecommunity/museums/somersetmuseums/bricktile/

www.somerset.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

county-museums@somerset.gov.uk

Telephone

Heritage Service HQ

01823 320200

Museum site

01278 426088

Fax

01823 320229

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Bricks, tiles and other ceramic products; tools employed in the making processes; drawn from the collections of Somerset County Museums Service and the Blake Museum, Bridgwater (Sedgemoor DC)

Collection details

Architecture, Industry

East Quay
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 4AE
England

Website

www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/culturecommunity/museums/somersetmuseums/bricktile/

www.somerset.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

county-museums@somerset.gov.uk

Telephone

Heritage Service HQ

01823 320200

Museum site

01278 426088

Fax

01823 320229

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
advertisement