Winchcombe Pottery

There has been a pottery, with a Bottle kiln, on the current site in Greet since at least 1800, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Winchcombe.

[1] Known as Greet Potteries under the management of R A Beckett (who died in 1913), it produced a range of farmhouse ware, advertised as "Garden, Sea-Cale, Rhubarb, & Chimney Pots".

[1][4] Cardew wanted people to use his pottery in regular daily use, as has been the tradition in early centuries.

The 2nd World War caused the Tustin brothers to be called up and the bottle kiln was now too large.

Students joined the pottery staff to learn the craft as they worked and many of them subsequently went on to be established potters in their own right.

[1] Finch had always been inspired by the Japanese potter Shoji Hamada, and starting experiments with stoneware in 1952.

[8] 2017 The Pottery continues to produce production wares with one offs and specials available in the shop.