. The Wedgwoods: being a life of Josiah Wedgwood; with notices of his works and their productions, memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families, and a history of the early potteries of Staffordshire. e, which is now the residence of Mr. W. E. Twigg,chief bailiff of Burslem—an office almost tantamount to thatof mayor in other places—is a large and somewhat imposing-looking house, opposite to what is now called WedgwoodPlace. It stands back from the street, the grounds beingenclosed by a wall where, in Wedgwoods time, woodenrailings stood. The carcase of the house is, I believe,precisely the same
. The Wedgwoods: being a life of Josiah Wedgwood; with notices of his works and their productions, memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families, and a history of the early potteries of Staffordshire. e, which is now the residence of Mr. W. E. Twigg,chief bailiff of Burslem—an office almost tantamount to thatof mayor in other places—is a large and somewhat imposing-looking house, opposite to what is now called WedgwoodPlace. It stands back from the street, the grounds beingenclosed by a wall where, in Wedgwoods time, woodenrailings stood. The carcase of the house is, I believe,precisely the same as when occupied by Thomas Wedgwood,but modern windows have been substituted for the old leadencasements, the roof and doorway have been altered, andother changes made, so as to convert it into a residencesuited to present requirements. THE OVERHOUSE WORKS. 125 The Overliouse Works are situate at the back and tothe side of the house, with entrance in Wedgwood Place,where that place joins the Scotia Road. Since the timewhen they were occupied by Thomas Wedgwood, of theChurchyard, they have been, of course, much altered, but itis pleasant to know that a considerable part of the buildings,. DOORWAY, OVERHOUSK WORKS. as they now stand, stood in his day, and that here wereproduced by him such an amount of earthenware goods asmust have helped to secure to his fomily the handsomecompetence which they enjoyed. A part, at all events, ofthe premises now used as pot-works were, I believe, formerly 126 THE WEDGWOODS. the farm buildings belonging to the Overhouse. They wereconnected with the house by a doorway in the old brick wall,still remaining, which forms an interesting link between thepresent and the past. This doorway is shown in the vignetteon the preceding page. It is surmounted, as will be seen, bya cleverly carved stone tablet, of remarkably good design,and has evidently been intended to bear an inscription. TheOverhouse estate appears for a long time to have belongedto the W
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