Throughout the Edwardian period the fame of the Elveden Shoot became widespread. Lord Iveagh increased the number of people employed, building new cottages to house the expanding population. New roads were laid and a brick-works established in which the distinctively stamped 'Elveden' red- bricks were made.

A light railway or "tramway" was constructed to facilitate the movement of the clay up to the works, and a separate tramway to cart finished bricks to the roadside to be collected by trailers drawn by traction engine. This tramway is marked on the OS map surveyed in 1902, published in 1904.

Lord Iveagh more than doubled the size of the Hall; a wing was built to match the existing hall and the two were joined, centrally, by an imposing copper-domed edifice. An impressive servants' quarters was built and connected to the Hall's eastern end.

The Suffolk Heritage Explorer is more precise:-

"Brick kiln (and pit) opened 1894 for manufacture of bricks for Elveden Hall enlargements. Bricks include various specialised forms. Operated by Nathen Carter in 1894, Arther Shaw in 1904, closed in 1914.

In May 1988: Excavation merely to allow recording (by Suffolk Industrial Archaeology Society) prior to destruction/burial. By 12 May 1988: Site now covered with overburden from Centre-Parcs holiday complex development."

This postcard is believed to show the Elveden brickworks derelict by about 1928. There is no sign of it today. During WWII the site was part of the military headquarters for the area, with extensive camp buildings for accomodation and offices.

The site was acquired by Center Parcs for a holiday village, and in 1988 the remains of the old brickworks were removed.

(Early in the war Elveden Hall was requisitioned for use by the British Army, becoming the Brigade Headquarters. Brigadier E.D. Fanshawe was the Commanding Officer, HRH the Duke of Gloucester was one of his staff.

The American servicemen and women (WACS) arrived in the Autumn of 1942, the Hall becoming the Headquarters of the 3rd Bombardment Division of the USAAF. Brigadier General Curtis le May was the Commanding Officer. The American Occupation Of Elveden Park lasted from 1942 to 1945.)

In 1988 the site was visited by the Suffolk Industrial Archaeology Society and published in their Newsletter No. 23 of September 1988. Numbers of bricks marked "M G" were found, as were some Culford bricks marked "1892".

• 1894 to 1904...Nathan Carter
• 1904 to 1914... Arthur Shaw
• 1914............Brickworks closed down

After the holiday village had been built, the old clay pit was investigated by Nick Ashton (British Museum) and others. Hand axes and flint flakes were discovered indicating early human activity. The finds were so important that the site featured in an episode of "Time Team" broadcast on Channel Four on February 6th, 2000.

The site appeared to be an ancient river bank between two chalk cliffs dated at around 400,000 years ago. It is similar to the site at East Farm, Barnham, which is only five miles away, and was also a Victorian brickworks. The team attempted to investigate whether both sites were along the same Pleistocene river system.