Listed Building record MDO13852 - The Old Brewery, West Street, Fontmell Magna

Industrial building dated 1876, the home of Fontmell Potteries. The building has brick walls and a slate roof. There is a projecting wooden hoist on the first floor.

Recorded by NRIM. Small former brewery adjacent to the Crown Inn built in 1876. English bond brick walls with hipped slate roof. Roof bears large ventilator. Dentilled eaves cornice. To the left, part of the roof is flat and bears a water tank. 3 storeys, 3 window range. Openings under gauged brick arches with keystones. Windows mainly 4-pane sashes. Upper floor has two 2-light casements under a single arch. Central plank door. Left is what was probably formerly a vehicle entrance now containing showroom entrance. To the upper floor left is a projecting wooden hoist. <1> Crown Brewery, Fontmell Magna was founded in 1780 by the Flowers Family and later acquired by A and T Sibeth. Brewing ceased on 14th December 1904 and was sold with 21 public houses for £25,410. The public houses were sold piecemeal to local brewers including Hall and Woodhouse Ltd, Baxter and Sons and Marston's Dolphin Brewery Ltd. The brewery buildings are still extant and were built in 1876, with additional work of 1891.After 1904 the brewery was used as a pottery. It is a typical example of a small brewery with defining elements of a tower, louvre ventilation, ornamental ironwork, hoist cover and water tank. <2-3>

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Mar 23 2022 10:58AM