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A photo of the Kingsholm Foundry stop tap cover on London Road

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Kingsholm Foundry stop tap cover on London Rd (author’s image)

Opened around 1855 by J.M.Butt & Co (originally from Dudbridge, Stroud), the Kingsholm Foundry specialised in rainwater pipes, guttering, bollards, drain covers (of which many survive in Gloucester) and pillar boxes.  By 1863 the company had a showroom in Market Parade to display agricultural ironmongery to farmers visiting the nearby cattle market.  The firm remained family-owned until being sold to Alfred Danks Ltd in 1917 and in 1922, when the latter merged the GRCWW, the Kingsholm foundry closed.  Some street furniture of this company can still be seen on the streets of Gloucester today.

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