Pub history · No.14 of 18 · Coalport & Jackfield
The Brewery Inn
c.1830 | The clue really is in the name
No great detective work required here.
This was a working brewery.
The early-to-mid-19th-century complex still carries evidence of its industrial purpose, including the ramp at the rear traditionally associated with rolling barrels down towards the river barges below.
That's an important distinction.
This isn't an old cottage that someone much later decided would make a picturesque pub.
The building belongs to working Coalport.
Barrels, barges, beer and the river were all part of the same economy.
The Brewery is Grade II listed and its long, irregular range of brick buildings still looks industrial because that's exactly what it was.
How we know this date
- DocumentedHistoric England and the National Monuments Record describe the Brewery's range of brick buildings as early-to-mid 19th century, supporting a working date of around 1830.Source: Historic England list entry 1206647
This is a working date. If you have a document or photograph that changes it, we'd genuinely like to see it.
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The Brewery Inn · Coalport & Jackfield
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