Brewery House

Brewery House is a late 18th-century house, altered around 1800 and in the late 19th century. It is timber framed with some plaster and red brick in a Flemish bond pattern. The roof is tiled with handmade red clay tiles. Originally, the house had three bays facing west with external stacks at each end, and a central stair hall. Extensions were later added at each end to enclose the stacks. The front and parts of the sides were faced with brick, and a rear lean-to extension was added around 1800, with an external stack that is now truncated. A single-story extension with an axial stack and slate roof was added to the left, and a slated lean-to extension was added at the rear in the late 19th century. The house has two storeys, cellars, and attics. There are three windows on the front, with 12-pane sashes and segmental brick arches, some of which have crown glass. The front door is a 6-panel door with an overlight in a recessed porch dating from around 1800, featuring panelled jambs and a flat hood. There are three stone steps leading to the door with wrought iron handrails. A string course runs along the first floor. A horizontal 12-pane sash window is set into the rear lean-to extension. The original staircase connects the ground floor to the attics and has a moulded rail and turned balusters. An original cast iron bath grate is in the left ground floor room; a similar grate was introduced in the right ground floor room. A 19th-century bread oven with a cast iron door is located in the left extension. Some of the rear extension was weatherboarded and is now partly hidden by a lean-to extension to the left. A deed from 1795 indicates a malthouse was previously on the site, and early photographs show a building to the right with a sign reading ‘C. Brown, Hatfield Peverel Brewery’, all belonging to the property owners. The brewery is believed to have ceased operation around 1920.