Fenton House
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history of Fenton House
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The Story of the Dods and Bakers and of Highfields,
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Fenton House in Stoke-on-Trent was
a prominent late eighteenth century mansion built by the wealthy industrialist
William Baker near City Road and Glebedale Road. It
served as the family home and administrative hub for the prominent Bourne & Baker pottery dynasty, before
eventually being sold and demolished to make way for community healthcare
facilities.
Fenton was built in the late eigtheenth century on high ground alongside the family's
expanding pottery works by William Baker and his stepfather Ralph Bourne.
The Baker Firm evolved into the
largest manufacturing firm in Fenton by the mid nineteenth century under
William Baker (1800–65), employing nearly 500 workers. The family enterprise
expanded to include the adjacent Glebe Colliery and local brickworks to supply
coal and raw materials directly to their pot-banks.
As industrial operations wound down
during the Great Depression, the historic property was sold to the local parish
in 1931.
The old estate grounds were
repurposed, with the original structure eventually cleared to establish the
Fenton Health Centre.
Fenton House, First Edition Six
Inch Map, 1866 to 1877