Building record 1124101000 - BREWERS HOUSE, LONDON ROAD

Grade II. House, shop and former brewery now part of hotel. C18 altered. Red brick, old tile roof with stacks to LH of centre and at RH end. Brick dentil eaves cornice, 2 storeys. 3 bays of old sash windows set in revelas with painted wood lintels and sills. Irregular ground floor with glazed door to LH of centre, square bay window each side with hipped roofs, sash windows, 3 light casement with segmental arched head to RH bay. Double pile plan with 2 gables facing W. each with a 4-pane wide upper sash, modern garage and shop obscure ground floor. 2-storey painted brick link with tiled hipped roof connects to former Brewery now Bell Court, C19, 3 storey, 2 gabled to Green End Street, carriage arch with heavy surround and keyblock, lunette recess to gable. Included for group value (B1).
In the early 19th century The Bell was doing it's own brewing with a brewhouse at the rear of the inn, but from 1835 James and John Sheerman, the owners, appears to have been buying up other inns, pubs and beerhouses in the area. In 1877 John Sheerman bought the land opposite The Bell and built the New Bell Brewery, which he ran as a commercial brewery until 1890. He was succeeded as brewer by Herbert Barber, working between 1890-1903 in partnership with John Brown and Jeffery Gadsden, who were also involved with the Tring brewery. By 1907 the brewery was owned by Walter Pullen until it was apprently sold to Benskins in 1915. In March 1925 the buildings were sold for £1,400 [and presumably the brewery ceased working]. The buildings were altered in 2001 and are now known as Old Brewery Court (B2).