Capel Pottery

Statement of Significance

The site has significant associations with the Capel Pottery Company and the people associated with it.

History

Edward Lang, William Lang, George Dilley and others formed a company to run the pottery works. It made earthenware jars, long necked water bottles, water jugs chimney pots (on Post Office & W. Roberts house) and pot plants. Mr T. J. Stoddart was the first of at least three potters. Mrs Layman painted floral designs on some platters and jars. In the early 1900s McTaggart sold some of the brickyard land to the Lang brothers, including the kiln. The Lang brothers, encouraged by passing trade, branched into the souvenir business. Frenker lived in the pottery building early in the century. He had difficulty finding potters to work at making the desired shapes and glazing properly. He closed the pottery works in 1907/1908. At the end chimney pots and drainage pipes were being made. J. L. Bentley operated a mill at the property after the pottery works closed, and he filled the clay pit in with sawdust. The Seventh Day Adventist Church originally held their church services in the pottery buildings, and the first Capel Roads Board meeting was held in the pottery building.
Joe Davis bought the property in c1933 and started as a milling operation agent. The saw dust caught fire at one time, and smouldered for months. Bill Spurr subsequently bought the property and subdivided it.

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