The Old Brewery (Berwick upon Tweed)
(NT 99445230) Border Brewery (NAT). (1)
NT 993525 Tweedmouth Border Brewery, an extensive 18th century maltings and brewery, still in use, with a complex of pantiled maltings, kilns etc. Recommended as Grade II. (2)
An 18th and early 19th century complex of brewery buildings for the Border Brewing Company. All are of coursed stone, stone rubble, some squared and of varying course depth. The roofs are mainly pantiled but some are covered with Welsh slates. On the west front, to Main Street, there is a large building of one storey, basement and attic dormers, five irregular bays, of large squared stonework with heavy quoins, jambs and lintels of pale red sandstone. From this a high plain wall links with no 2 and 2A Brewery Bank. To the north there is a 19th century building of smaller, even coursing with a wagon entrance in the gable end to Brewery Lane. A wall with an angled shed inside and a yard entrance runs south eastwards to two kilns and drying buildings, the first of three storeys, four bays with the kiln at the north end, the second a two-storey, seven-bay shed having a raised attic with louvred sides. A one-storey link runs westwards on Brewery Bank to Nos. 1 and 2. From Brewery Lane may be seen a large kiln building with a pyramidal slated roof topped by a chimney. The whole assemblage appears to be complete and forms a most picturesque group with its sloping site and varied roof line.
The Border Brewery Company operated two breweries in Berwick upon Tweed, prior to 1895. These were Silver Street Brewery at 14 Silver Street and Tweedmouth Brewery in Brewery Lane. Border Breweries Limited was registered in July 1899 as a limited liability company to acquire the business. In 1924 the company merged with Johnson and Darling Limited of Tweed Brewery, Berwick-upon-Tweed, and changed its name in February 1925 to Berwick Breweries Limited. In 1934 the company was taken over by Vaux Brewery who closed down the brewing side of operations; the company thereafter remained in business as a bottling plant up to the mid 1950s. The Border Brewery Company Ltd was reformed in 1992 and continues to brew. (3)
The earliest record of the brewery is on the 1799/1800 tithe map where the site is annotated 'sold for brewery'. The structures are in place on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1852 and subsequent editions of 1898 and 1924. The site was used as a Brewery and Mineral Water factory from at least 1852 to 1937, when brewing ceased. The buildings and adjoining structures were sold to millers H O Short & Sons who continued to make malt there until 1975. The site was used for various purposes until 1992 when Border Breweries again used the site for production until 1994. Since that date the site has fallen out of use and into disrepair. In 2014 planning permission was granted to convert the buildings to townhouses. (4)
The Old Tweedmouth Brewery is one of only six known historic brewery sites in the county where brewery-related structures survive. The 18th and early 19th century stone-built complex appears to be complete; it includes a malthouse and kiln, but it is unclear which part was the brewhouse. (5)
Inside the brewery building, the interior has been largely stripped of much evidence of its former use. There is timber shuttering, a timber grain chute and metal door leading to the former drying kiln. Cast-iron columns for supoprting the first floor breweing vessels have been dismantled but are stored on site. No brewing plant survives. (6)
The brewery is recorded as Sibbit, Dickson & Co in 1799, and was taken over by the Border Brewery Company between 1828 and 1850. In 1925 its name changed to Berwick Breweries Ltd and in 1934 it was taken over by Vaux Brewery who closed down the brewing side of operations. The business remained as a bottling plant until the mid 1950s. (7)
The brewery is situated at the junction of Brewery Bank and Brewery Lane and comprises one of the best preserved groups of 18th and 19th century brewery buildings in northeast England.
In 1799 the brewery was operated by Sibbit, Dickson and Company. By 1895 it was one of two breweries owned by the Border Brewery Company , the other being the Silver Street Brewery at 14 Silver Street, Berwick on Tweed. Border Breweries Limited was registered as a limited liability company in 1899. In 1924 it company merged with Johnson and Darling Limited, Tweed Brewery and in 1925 changed its name to Berwick Breweries Limited.
Vaux Brewery acquired the company in 1934 and closed the brewing side of operations. The company remained in business until the mid 1950s as a bottling plant.
The Border Brewery Company was re-established and brewing started on site in 1992. In 2000 the company merged with the Four Rivers Brewery in 2000, relocating to Newcastle upon Tyne to form the Hadrian Border Brewery.
The brewery complex appears to be complete. It includes a malthouse and kiln, but it is uncertain which part was the brewhouse. It is now in use as a joiner's workshop. (8)
NT 993525 Tweedmouth Border Brewery, an extensive 18th century maltings and brewery, still in use, with a complex of pantiled maltings, kilns etc. Recommended as Grade II. (2)
An 18th and early 19th century complex of brewery buildings for the Border Brewing Company. All are of coursed stone, stone rubble, some squared and of varying course depth. The roofs are mainly pantiled but some are covered with Welsh slates. On the west front, to Main Street, there is a large building of one storey, basement and attic dormers, five irregular bays, of large squared stonework with heavy quoins, jambs and lintels of pale red sandstone. From this a high plain wall links with no 2 and 2A Brewery Bank. To the north there is a 19th century building of smaller, even coursing with a wagon entrance in the gable end to Brewery Lane. A wall with an angled shed inside and a yard entrance runs south eastwards to two kilns and drying buildings, the first of three storeys, four bays with the kiln at the north end, the second a two-storey, seven-bay shed having a raised attic with louvred sides. A one-storey link runs westwards on Brewery Bank to Nos. 1 and 2. From Brewery Lane may be seen a large kiln building with a pyramidal slated roof topped by a chimney. The whole assemblage appears to be complete and forms a most picturesque group with its sloping site and varied roof line.
The Border Brewery Company operated two breweries in Berwick upon Tweed, prior to 1895. These were Silver Street Brewery at 14 Silver Street and Tweedmouth Brewery in Brewery Lane. Border Breweries Limited was registered in July 1899 as a limited liability company to acquire the business. In 1924 the company merged with Johnson and Darling Limited of Tweed Brewery, Berwick-upon-Tweed, and changed its name in February 1925 to Berwick Breweries Limited. In 1934 the company was taken over by Vaux Brewery who closed down the brewing side of operations; the company thereafter remained in business as a bottling plant up to the mid 1950s. The Border Brewery Company Ltd was reformed in 1992 and continues to brew. (3)
The earliest record of the brewery is on the 1799/1800 tithe map where the site is annotated 'sold for brewery'. The structures are in place on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1852 and subsequent editions of 1898 and 1924. The site was used as a Brewery and Mineral Water factory from at least 1852 to 1937, when brewing ceased. The buildings and adjoining structures were sold to millers H O Short & Sons who continued to make malt there until 1975. The site was used for various purposes until 1992 when Border Breweries again used the site for production until 1994. Since that date the site has fallen out of use and into disrepair. In 2014 planning permission was granted to convert the buildings to townhouses. (4)
The Old Tweedmouth Brewery is one of only six known historic brewery sites in the county where brewery-related structures survive. The 18th and early 19th century stone-built complex appears to be complete; it includes a malthouse and kiln, but it is unclear which part was the brewhouse. (5)
Inside the brewery building, the interior has been largely stripped of much evidence of its former use. There is timber shuttering, a timber grain chute and metal door leading to the former drying kiln. Cast-iron columns for supoprting the first floor breweing vessels have been dismantled but are stored on site. No brewing plant survives. (6)
The brewery is recorded as Sibbit, Dickson & Co in 1799, and was taken over by the Border Brewery Company between 1828 and 1850. In 1925 its name changed to Berwick Breweries Ltd and in 1934 it was taken over by Vaux Brewery who closed down the brewing side of operations. The business remained as a bottling plant until the mid 1950s. (7)
The brewery is situated at the junction of Brewery Bank and Brewery Lane and comprises one of the best preserved groups of 18th and 19th century brewery buildings in northeast England.
In 1799 the brewery was operated by Sibbit, Dickson and Company. By 1895 it was one of two breweries owned by the Border Brewery Company , the other being the Silver Street Brewery at 14 Silver Street, Berwick on Tweed. Border Breweries Limited was registered as a limited liability company in 1899. In 1924 it company merged with Johnson and Darling Limited, Tweed Brewery and in 1925 changed its name to Berwick Breweries Limited.
Vaux Brewery acquired the company in 1934 and closed the brewing side of operations. The company remained in business until the mid 1950s as a bottling plant.
The Border Brewery Company was re-established and brewing started on site in 1992. In 2000 the company merged with the Four Rivers Brewery in 2000, relocating to Newcastle upon Tyne to form the Hadrian Border Brewery.
The brewery complex appears to be complete. It includes a malthouse and kiln, but it is uncertain which part was the brewhouse. It is now in use as a joiner's workshop. (8)
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Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
Georgian (1714 to 1830)
Late 20th Century (1967 to 2000)
Mid 20th Century (1933 to 1966)
21st Century (2001 to 2100)
Georgian (1714 to 1830)
Late 20th Century (1967 to 2000)
Mid 20th Century (1933 to 1966)
21st Century (2001 to 2100)
HERITAGE ASSESSMENT, Former Brewery Building at Brewery Lane, Tweedmouth 2014; Stuart Davidson Architecture
HERITAGE ASSESSMENT, Tweedmouth Old Brewery ; Solstice Heritage
HERITAGE ASSESSMENT, Tweedmouth Old Brewery ; Solstice Heritage
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