Monument record 0422900000 - WELLER'S AMERSHAM BREWERY

Summary

Sixteenth century brewery with eighteenth to nineteenth century brick facing

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Type and Period (1)

BREWERY (16th Century to 19th Century - 1500 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Brewery N of church, probably built C16, refaced in C18/C19 in brick. Owned by Weller family 1772 to C20. Chimney stack of C16 brick, arched panels. House has C16 fireplace, brewery offices also C16 but rebuilt (B2,B3).
Brewhouse apparently erected in 1735 by Sir William Drake and bought by William Weller in 1775. A storehouse was subsequently added and stables and a carpenters shop were built after 1810. A new malting was built in 1829 and the brewery was refaced in brick. The bottling plant was closed in 1914. Wellers sold the business to Benskins in 1929, who dismantled the plant and sold the brewery and maltings in 1930, retaining the 142 tied houses (B6).
Buildings now domestic houses (B5).

Sources (10)

<1>SBC1444 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 4229.
<2>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p143.
<3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p3.
<4>SBC11258 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU99NE5..
<5>SBC10362 Map: OS 1925 25 INCH MAP.
<6>SBC22960 Bibliographic reference: Mike Brown. 2007. A Brewers' Compendium: A Directory of Buckinghamshire Brewers. pp3-8.
<7>SBC20011 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2001. Chilterns Chalk Streams Project: Chess & Misbourne Valleys - Archaeological Assessment.
<8>SBC19607 Bibliographic reference: Julian Hunt. 2001. A History of Amersham. pp29,32-36;Plates 41-43,45.
<9>SBC19816 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Amersham, Chesham Bois and Coleshill.
<10>SBC25894 Unpublished document: Nicholas Salmon & Clive Birch. 1991. Yesterday's Town: Amersham. pp59,71-72,88-89.

Location

Grid reference	SU 95800 97420 (point)
Civil Parish	AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire