Listed Building record TR 06 SW 1225 - CARPENTERS SHOP, FREMLINS BREWERY

Summary

A complex of brewery buildings constructed in about 1872 for William Edward Rigden and John Rigden of Rigden's Brewery. The complex included boiler houses, coopers shop and a cask-washing area and was situated to the north of the brewhouse (Monument HOB UID 1066139). It comprised three parallel brick-built ranges of six bays with a sequence of three boiler houses to the west. The easternmost range was of two storeys and was open-sided at ground level on the east side. The building had king-post trusses with single purlins. Used casks were delivered to the ground floor of this range. The first floor acted as a carpenter's store. Of the two ranges adjoining to the east, the easternmost incorporated the cooper's workshop at the southeastern corner. This comprised a small two-storey brick-built room with a furnace on the northern side and a timber block door. Next to the cooper's workshop was the cask washing area with a sunken area, which formerly housed a washer. The boiler house adjoined the cask-washing area and contained a boiler on the ground floor. A further boiler house adjoined to the west with a date plaque of 1948 which presumably related to an alteration as the building itself was of 19th century origin. Part of the complex was demolished in 1995. The Brewery closed in 1990 and in 1996 part of the site, the Malthouse (Monument HOB UID 1066154) was converted into a supermarket. The 2008 Swale Borough Council Local Plan envisaged a redevelopment to mixed residential and retail use of the remainder of the site. Work commenced in the summer of 2009, and by 2011 the brewhouse comple (Monument HOB UID 1066139) and the Tun House (Monument HOB UID 1066175) had been converted into apartments. In 2010 the surviving part of the complex remained derelict.

Location

Grid reference TR 0172 6156 (point)
Map sheet TR06SW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
FAVERSHAM COURT STREET TR 0161 NE 1/398 Old Cask Yard, Coopers Shop and Carpenters Shop, Fremlins Brewery GV II
Cask yard, coopers shop and carpenters shop. c.1890. Brick in Flemish bond. 3 gables, carpenters shop covered in slate, rest in asbestos sheeting. Carpenters shop has cambered casement and the right side is weatherboarded over an open ground floor. Coopers shop has cambered openings. Old cask yard was of 5 bays with a queen post variant roof and cask bath of c.1948. Coopers shop has open fireplace. Rear elevation to Church Street has 3 gables and octagonal tapering brick chimney.
Listing NGR: TR0171861553

Boiler houses, cask-washing area and coopers shop situated to the north of the brewhouse (Monument HOB UID 1066139) and was built in about 1872, when the brewhouse was constructed.

The complex comprised three parallel brick-built ranges of six bays with a sequence of three boiler houses to the west. The easternmost range was of two storeys and was open-sided at ground level on the east side. The building had king-post trusses with single purlins. Used casks were delivered to the ground floor of this range. The first floor acted as a carpenter's store. Of the two ranges adjoining to the east, the easternmost incorporated the cooper's workshop at the southeastern corner. This comprised a small two-storey brick-built room with a furnace on the northern side and a timber block door. Next to the cooper's workshop was the cask washing area with a sunken area, which formerly housed a washer. The boiler house adjoined the cask-washing area and contained a boiler on the ground floor. A further boiler house adjoined to the west with a date plaque of 1948 which presumably related to an alteration as the building itself was of 19th century origin. The boiler house, cask-washing area and cooper's shop area was demolished in 1995. Listed in 1990. (1-2)

The buildings were constructed for William Edward Rigden and John Rigden of Rigden's Brewery. The Brewery closed in 1990 and in 1996 part of the site, the Malthouse (Monument HOB UID 1066154) was converted into a supermarket. The 2008 Swale Borough Council Local Plan envisaged a redevelopment to mixed residential and retail use of the remainder of the site. Work commenced in the summer of 2009, and by 2011 the brewhouse comple (Monument HOB UID 1066139) and the Tun House (Monument HOB UID 1066175) had been converted into apartments. In 2010 the carpenters workshops remained derelict. (3)

Historic England archive material: BF090910 Fremlins Brewery, Court Street, Faversham Miniature Format Film Number: 275/M, 275/N, 275/P, 275/Q, 275/R, 275/X


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Investigation by RCHME/EH Architectural Survey (EKE19937)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Architectural Survey at Fremlins Brewery, Faversham (EKE21091)

Record last edited

May 9 2025 11:09AM