Dazza, glad to have been of some help.
All sources so far have been very vague about what became of the site in the immediate years after the closure of the Pottery, which could well have been in the late 1830s, rather than the much-quoted 1841.
The site was put up for sale in 1841.
Apart from the fact that the various owners of the Pottery weren't involved with the day-to-day running of the business, and that it was sold in 1836, the main reasons for closure may well have been the much-delayed expansion of the South Docks, and the coming of the Railway.
Early-Victorian "blight"?
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The Pottery also had a site in St Helens, which continued in business after the Toxteth site closed.
The 1839 Gore's lists St Helens, but not Toxteth.
(IMHO, this is quite significant considering it was a Liverpool street directory.)
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