Bottle ovens... still

I hear that there are only thirty or so bottle ovens still standing in Stoke-on-Trent, and - since the one at the Gladstone Museum stopped doing any firing - none working for a living.
Still, it's good to see that the last remaining icons of the area's pottery industry are mostly listed, like these two on the fringe of Longton town centre. They haven't been used here that creatively; but, elsewhere in the city, they've been incorporated into offices or made into a feature.

Another hot one today.