That place has an odd collection of crap from one place to the next. I thought I like the sofa area, but considering your reason for it being there - maybe not !
There is a kiln just like the one in your picture in Portobello on the edge of Edinburgh where there used to be a china works. I thinks its called a bottle kiln because of the shape.
I came across several of those kilns while in Stoke, at other places. It's hardly surprising.. the town is the home of pottery.