This kiln now stands in the Abbey House Museum, Kirkstall, Leeds.
It was removed from Cottage Street where it was used by Samson
Strong who retired in 1950. There were three kilns on the site
in the company's heyday c. 1900
(Hartley & Ingilby 1976, 140)
but no details of their design survive. A single chimney c. 9.8m
high is shown on a lantern slide of the boarded up works (Castle
Museum York). There are no records or archive relating to the
kiln in situ or its removal and re-erection on the present site.
The three fire boxes appear to have been reconstructed according
to cosmetic rather than functional principles. There are no fire
bars. The fire boxes have a top loading aperture covered by a
loose fire clay slab, an arched opening in one side, at ground
level, with the flue connecting with the firing chamber just above
this; four brick courses above the ground. The wicket or door
threshold is three courses above the ground. The chamber contains
a muffle built of fire brick with the flue openings discharging
at its base. An account based on the testimony of Samson Strong's
daughter and brother confirms that the kiln had three fire mouths
burning best coal (ibid, 139-141). Three photographs recently
discovered among the private papers of the former curator, the
late C M Mitchell, which show the kiln before removal, confirm
the accuracy of the reconstruction.