Range at Rear of No 50 is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1981. Brewery.

Range at Rear of No 50

WRENN ID
veiled-cupola-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 November 1981
Type
Brewery
Address
Range at Rear of No 50, Bartholomew Street, Newbury, RG14 5QA
OS grid reference
SU 468 667
Coordinates
51.39812, -1.32735
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The range at the rear of No 50 Bartholomew Street is a building dating from around 1842, originally serving as a two-storey beerhouse at the east end and a three-storey brewhouse for the Phoenix brewery. The malthouse was located on the south side of the brewhouse until 1893, when the beerhouse was converted into offices. The building features two windows, a slated roof with a hipped lantern, and is constructed of brick with a dentil cornice and a first-floor string. The first-floor sash window is slightly recessed with exposed boxing and a small panel, while the ground floor has arched windows with cast iron glazing bars for fixed lights. A wide arched service doorway is also present.

In 1923, the brewhouse was converted into a store. The top floor originally housed the hoist, grain grinding mill, copper, water tanks, and storage for malt and grain. The first floor included the engine room, wash turn room, cooler room, and fermenting tun room, while the ground floor contained the boiler, injector pump, well, and cask storage. The building consists of four bays, with a slated roof and brick construction featuring a dentil cornice that extends around the gable and floor strings. The arched windows in full-height recesses also have cast iron glazing bars for fixed lights, and there is a louvred bulls-eye in the gable along with a weatherboarded hoist cover and arched doorways with braided doors. This structure is noted as a complete example of a brewery complex.

Local climate

Range at Rear of No 50 receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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