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Waterloo Pottery Kiln
On the site off Blackamoor Road at Swinton there are the remains of the once great Rockingham Pottery which operated in the 18th and 19th centuries. The gatehouse and the painting rooms are now private houses but you can visit the Waterloo Kiln and the Pottery Ponds.
The kiln was built in 1815 so it was called after the British victory at the Battle of Waterloo. The Kiln was a firing chamber or oven which funneled air through and out of the chimney. After the pottery closed in the 1840s the kiln was converted into a residence and a door windows installed. Between about 1900 and 1930 it was used as a smallpox isolation hospital. Then it became a residence again. It is some years since I last visited but it was in a pretty dilapidated state then. I must go up and see if anything has been done. Well I've been up in August 2007 and things are no better. The ponds could do with a good fettling as well.
There is a small car park.
More about Rockingham Pottery onsite at The History of Rotherham >> Trade & Industry >> Potteries >> Rockingham Pottery.