Description:Colin McNeal, ceramic materials supplier on the corner of Stoke Road and Ashford Street, Shelton. The company advertised themselves as suppliers of "all materials for the Potter". Colin McNeal also occupied The Phoenix Works (1881) in King Street, Longton. The company distributed Zircon sand imported from Australia to the decorative ceramics industry.
Number 1 Ashford Street looks much the same today, although in a different use. In the early years of the 20th century it was the offices of the Royal London Friendly Society, a pensions and insurance company.