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Latitude: 56.0415 / 56°2'29"N
Longitude: -3.4901 / 3°29'24"W
OS Eastings: 307265
OS Northings: 684182
OS Grid: NT072841
Mapcode National: GBR 1X.R7XD
Mapcode Global: WH5QY.CD9V
Plus Code: 9C8R2GR5+JX
Entry Name: Brickworks, Broomhall Policies
Listing Name: Broomhall Policies, Former Brick Works, Drying Shed and Chimney
Listing Date: 23 March 2001
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 395139
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB47804
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200395139
Location: Dunfermline
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Rosyth
Parish: Dunfermline
Traditional County: Fife
Tagged with: Architectural structure
1860's. Single storey, 6-bay, rectangular-plan drying shed and nearby chimney. Brick buttress piers between open bays. Brick infill to far S bay; window to W and E; central window to S gable; flanking doors. Infil wall to N gable; timber boarding above to apex; piended to S; brick chimney to S; red clay pantiles. Tall, square-plan, brick chimney stack; corniced and nailhead band course.
A-Group with Broomhall; Broomhall Ice-House; Broomhall, Limekilns, 9 The Old Orchard; Broomhall, Limekilns, 9 The Old Orchard Garden, Broomhall Doocot; Broomhall Policies, Courthill Cottage; Broomhall Policies, East Lodge and Broomhall Policies, Hillock. The Charlestown Brick and Tile Company which was situated to the E of Fiddler's Hall (NT 060 841), was founded circa 1780. Fireclay was found whilst quarrying for lime and coal and was utilised to provide the bricks for lining the Charlestown limekilns. The bricks were also used for the interior walls of the Charlestown village cottages and drains were also manufactured. The works closed in the 1860's after the fireclay deposits were exhausted and the new brick plant was set up to the NW of Broomhall on the Estate. Clay was found nearby (a curling pond fills the former pit). The bricks were made by forcing the clay into a mould and cut by wire. A steam engine was used to power a clay pugging plant and a sawmill. The bricks were air dried in the shed. Only one chimney remains; formerly there were 2. The chimney fire produced a draught by which the tile and bricks were dried. The brick works closed in 1879. The engine remained for the sawmill until the 1950's when it was replaced by electricity. Various buildings associated with the former brick works still remain but are not part of the Statutory List, such as the cottages and an adjacent drying shed, the bays of which have been infilled with brick. The chimney is no longer in use and the drying shed is used for storage.
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