{{Short description|Museum of ceramic tile making, part of the Ironbridge Gorge}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{coord|52.6233|-2.4639|display=title|region:GB_scale:2000}} thumb|Jackfield Tile Museum '''Jackfield Tile Museum''' is a museum which presents the history of the British decorative tile industry between 1840 and 1960, the period in which this factory and that of Maw & Co nearby played an important part in this industry.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Durbin |first=Lesley |url=https://archive.org/details/0198-pdf-architectural-tiles-conservation-and-restoration |title=Architectural Tiles: Conservation And Restoration |publisher=Elsevier |year=2005 |isbn=0-7506-58320 }}</ref> The museum lies in the village of Jackfield, near Broseley, on the south bank of the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England. It is located within a World Heritage Site, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. It is one of the ten Ironbridge Gorge museums administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jackfield Tile Museum |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-29706210 |publisher=BBC News }}</ref>
thumb|Inside the original showroom of the factory The museum is housed in a decorative tile factory building, the former works of Craven Dunnill and Company, that is still used to produce tiles, particularly encaustic tiles.
Jackfield is one of the oldest known ceramic production centres in Shropshire, a tradition dating back to the 16th century. The Thursfield family settled in Jackfield during the early 18th century; Jackfield wares are attributed to the family.
Craven Dunnill gave up its Jackfield works in the early 1950s, moving to Bridgnorth, and the buildings were used by a firm making iron and bronze castings. In 1983, the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust purchased the works with the aid of an Architectural Heritage Fund grant. In 1989, tile manufacture restarted on the site and in 2001 Craven Dunnill took over this business again. In 1992 the frontage office and some of the workshop buildings: the Blunging House, Clay Arks, Tile Press Shop, and the Kiln House, were Grade II* & II listed.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1367609|desc= Jackfield Tile Museum, front block, Broseley|accessdate= 23 March 2018|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1254402|desc= Various workshop buildings attached to east side of front block at Jackfield Tile Museum, Broseley|accessdate= 23 March 2018|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1261288|desc= Conservation workshop to south of Tile Press Shop at Jackfield Tile Museum, Broseley|accessdate= 23 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1254337|desc= Disused workshop immediately to south of Kiln House at Jackfield Tile Museum, Broseley|accessdate= 22 March 2018|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes }}</ref>
left|thumb|The 1930s living room tiled period setting at the museum The collections include work by William De Morgan and other historic tilers. It also includes tiles from a children’s ward previously at Middlesex Hospital<ref name=Revell>{{cite news |last=Revell |first=Phil |date=19 November 2004 |title=A day on the tiles |url=https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/day-tiles |work=tes magazine |publisher=Tes Global Ltd |access-date=10 July 2025}}</ref> and the old Charing Cross Hospital.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 August 1979 |title=An art form in which Britain led the world |work=Fulham Chronicle |pages=7 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 July 1979 |title=Old murals find new rest place |work=Shropshire Star |pages=15 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>
In 2014 the museum was gifted a 1300 collection of tiles from the 19th and 20th century by John Scott.<ref name=bbcscott>{{cite news|date=22 October 2014 |title='World-class' tiles go on display at Jackfield museum |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-29706210 |work=BBC News|publisher=BBC |access-date=9 July 2025}}</ref>
==See also== *Listed buildings in Broseley
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== External links == {{Commons}} *[https://www.ironbridge.org.uk/explore/jackfield-tile-museum/ Jackfield Tile Museum website] * [http://www.shropshiretourism.info/ironbridge/gorge-museum/jackfield-tile-museum/ Shropshire Tourism information] * [http://www.virtual-shropshire.co.uk/gallery/jackfield_tile_museum Virtual Shropshire information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234939/http://www.virtual-shropshire.co.uk/gallery/jackfield_tile_museum |date=26 September 2007 }} {{Ironbridge Gorge Museums}}
Category:Museums in Shropshire Category:Industry museums in England Category:Decorative arts museums in England Category:History of Shropshire Category:Ironbridge Gorge Category:Ceramics museums in the United Kingdom Category:Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Category:Tiling Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Shropshire Category:Industrial archaeological sites in Shropshire Tile museum
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