The Old Brewery Including Adjoining Malthouse And Brewery Cottage

SP 02 SW SEVENHAMPTON BROCKHAMPTON

2/66 The Old Brewery including adjoining malthouse and Brewery Cottage GV II

House, cottage and former malthouse. C19. Former malthouse (disused) dated and initialled 'I Wood/1769' on rectangular stone plaque over door in gable end of malthouse. House probably about the same date. Cottage possibly early C18. Malthouse; ground floor large coursed dressed blocks, mixture of rubble and larger blocks above. Concrete tile and stone slate roofing. House; coursed squared and dressed limestone and stone slate roof. Complex plan with malthouse north of 'L'-shaped house. C20 lean-to and flat-roofed extension right of house, not of special interest. Brewery Cottage at east facing gable end of house. Malthouse; 2½ storeys. Two-light casements to middle floor and 2 single-pane lights to upper floor in wall facing road. Central plank door in gable end, shuttered window towards apex of gable. Three doors one above the other in gable end set back on right. Former well and entrance to kiln room right, now forming C20 garage with flat- roofed room over. House projects forwards right. Two storeys, irregular fenestration, 2 and 3-light, flat-chamfered, stone- mullioned casements. Band between ground and first floors. C20 gabled porch with C19 four-panelled part-glazed door. Similar C20 porch far right with former doorway blocked. Brewery cottage; rectangular plan. C20 flat-roofed extension at front not of special interest. Two-light casement far right. Roll-cross saddle at right gable end. Interior of malthouse; ground floor and top floor concrete, plank intermediary floor. Barley spread on ground floor after soaking, hoisted up to top floor where sprouting continued. Sprouted barley then transferred to ventilated floor over drying kiln (both still in situ). Malt then removed and transferred to brewhouse opposite (q.v.). Original roof trusses to roof to malthouse with collars curved up at centre. Formerly functioned as part of Combe's Brewery, closed in 1928 (q.v. Brewhouse opposite malthouse).

Listing NGR: SP0353922243