Chandos Glass Cone

The Chandos Glass Cone in Bridgwater, in the English county of Somerset, was built in 1725 as a kiln for a glassworks.

[1] After a short period of use for glassmaking the kiln was converted to the production of pottery, bricks and tiles, which undertaking continued until 1939.

The cone was constructed by James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos as part of an industrial development close to the River Parrett, which enabled the transport of raw materials from his other enterprises at Stourbridge.

[7] Some of the pottery and glass found during an excavation of the site in the 1970s is on display at the Blake Museum in Bridgwater.

[2] The cone tapered into a bottle shape which was much narrower at the top than at the base to provide a natural draft through the structure.