Etruria estate

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Etruria estate was the 18th-century Staffordshire property developed by potter Josiah Wedgwood as both his family home and the site of his pioneering ceramics factory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country house estate
historic property in Staffordshire
industrial heritage site
architectOfResidence Joseph Pickford NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Georgian
associatedWithActivity ceramic innovation
mass production of pottery
associatedWithBrand Wedgwood NERFINISHED
associatedWithIndustry pottery
associatedWithPerson Josiah Wedgwood II NERFINISHED
Thomas Bentley NERFINISHED
constructionStart 1760s
country England
currentStatus largely redeveloped
developedBy Josiah Wedgwood NERFINISHED
functionedAs central site of Wedgwood’s business operations
hasPart Etruria Hall NERFINISHED
Etruria Works NERFINISHED
canal wharf
farmland
gardens
workers’ housing
heritageRemnant Etruria Hall NERFINISHED
elements of canal-side industrial landscape
historicalPeriod 18th century
Industrial Revolution NERFINISHED
inception 1760s
laterUse industrial and urban development site
locatedIn Etruria, Staffordshire NERFINISHED
Staffordshire
locatedNear Newcastle-under-Lyme NERFINISHED
River Trent NERFINISHED
Stoke-on-Trent NERFINISHED
locatedOn Trent and Mersey Canal NERFINISHED
namedAfter Etruria (ancient Italian region) NERFINISHED
notableFor early industrial planning
integration of factory and country house
model industrial village concept
ownedByFamily Wedgwood family NERFINISHED
owner Josiah Wedgwood NERFINISHED
partOf industrial development of the Potteries
transportLinkedBy Trent and Mersey Canal NERFINISHED
turnpike roads
usedFor ceramics manufacturing
family residence
industrial experimentation
model factory community

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Etruria Hall partOf Etruria estate