Jabez Thompson, Northwich

It is not generally known that the Jabez Thompson works at Northwich produced a wide range of bricks, pipes and terracotta. On this letterhead, the list of buildings to which the firm had supplied terracotta work provides ample scope for further investigation.

'The brick works at Witton Hall and on Manchester Road, Northwich, were eventually run by Jabez Thompson (1838-1911). Jabez produced common, fine and moulded bricks and terracotta, providing bricks for the Victorian architect, John Douglas. All the fine and moulded bricks are stamped and have been identified at demolition sites across the North West. He also specialised in ornamental pieces and panels. The façades of Moseley Road Swimming Baths, Birmingham and the Sanatorium at Denstone College, Uttoxeter are by him, as is a terra-cotta alto reredos of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper at St. Michael and All Saints Church, Little Leigh, near Northwich.'