Industrial record MCC5162 - East Hill Brewery, Colchester

Summary

Late C19 brewery.

Location

Grid reference TM 004 253 (point)
Map sheet TM02NW
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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This is the site of what was probably the most extensive and complex brewery in Essex, now unfortunately extensively demolished with only the offices which fronted East Hill remaining. Built in 1871 by Charrington Nicholl and Co on the site of an earlier brewery based in a former baymaker’s warehouse, this site developed into an extensive integrated brewery complex. At its most extensive it consisted of a well, brewhouse, malthouses, fermenting rooms, tun room, offices, tap house, stables, cart sheds, cooperage, cask washing shed, bottle washing and chimneys all around the brewery yard. Eventually taken over by the Colchester Brewing Company (which owned the adjacent Eagle Brewery) in the early 1920s it continued to operate for a few years until the site was sold to the Crowther Brothers for a clothing factory. Most of the brewery was demolished in 1971 and all that remain are the offices fronting East Hill (EHCR No 31140-41) and the Goat and Boot Public House (EHCR No 31139). The offices consist of a three storey white brick structure under a slate roof to the west of and adjacent to the Public House. It consists of one block of five bays, the centre bay on the ground floor containing both a door and a window. All but two ground floor windows are hung sashes with glazing bars. The other, west block is two storey with a stuccoed frontage under a slate roof. It consists of six bays, the central bay breaks forward slightly, the ground floor having a central entrance with fluted columns. The eastern most bay consists of an arched carriage entrance. The windows are hung sashes without glazing bars. <1>.

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  • <1> DESC TEXT: Crosby, Tony. 2002. Essex Breweries.

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May 14 2020 7:46AM

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