Wemyss & Co Ltd, Mitcheldean

The Mitcheldean Stone and Brick Works (M W. Colchester Wemyss with J. Miller Carr as manager) were opened in 1882. At its peak, the works employed some 70 people who, besides producing building-stone and bricks (facing and moulded), made urns, bowls, tiles, drain-pipes, flower pots, garden vases, rustic stumps, pitchers, and architectural and fine art terra-cotta. There were three kilns, each capable of holding 65,000 bricks. In 1900 the Wilderness Brick and Stone Co Ltd (Mitcheldean) was acquired by the Forest of Dean Stone Firms Ltd. The works closed c1907.