The Lanemark Coal Company was formed in 1865 to work coal in the vicinity of Lanemark Farm. By 1893, coal is still the only mineral worked by the company [7], however three years later in 1896, fireclay is also worked [8] and in 1897 the Lanemark Brick Works appears in the Ordnance Survey Map of that year.

The Brick Works were situated adjacent to one of the company's pits on the banks of River Nith (known as Bogiside No. 2 at that time),  a few hundred yards downstream from where the Lane Burn flows into the Nith.

The Lanemark Coal Company collapsed in 1908 and its operations were acquired by New Cumnock Collieries Ltd the following year. This company already operated a Brick Works at its Bank Pit and consequently closed down the Lanemark Brick Works [9].

The site today is dominated by the ruins of the Afton Terra-Cotta Brick and Tile Works, which were erected here in 1926, by the New Cumnock Collieries.