Listed Building record TR 06 SW 1236 - MALTHOUSE, FREMLINS BREWERY

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1870 to 1910 Brewery malthouse built in 1884 by Richard Waite for William Edward Rigden and John Rigden of Rigden's Brewery. The malthouse comprised three main sections reflecting the traditional floor maltings method. The elevators and conveyors were installed after 1891. The malthouse is linked at its north-eastern corner to a small L-shaped range of buildings, constructed in the same style as the malthouse and built after 1896. This range functioned as a barley kiln which was used to reduce the moisture content of newly-delivered damp barley prior to storage. In the 20th century it was converted to a priming area. The building has a clock made by John Smith and Sons of Derby, which has a finely carved stone surround decorated with barley and hops. The brewery closed in 1990, and in 1996 the Malthouse 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 complex (Monument HOB UID 1066139) and the Tun House (Monument HOB UID 1066175) had been converted into apartments.

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Grid reference TR 0175 6150 (point)
Map sheet TR06SW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
FAVERSHAM COURT STREET TR 0161 NE and TR 0161 SE 1 and 3/400 Malthouse, Fremlins Brewery GV II
Malthouse. c.1890. Brown brick with red brick dressings. Slate roof. Front inside brewery complex has gable with stepped pattern and 4 giant pilasters containing 3 round-headed arches with keystones. Cambered metal casements and cambered doorcase. Fine clock in stone insert with dripmoulding terminating in leaf carved corbels. Further extension of 3 bays obscured by brick block to Old Tun House. Side elevation is of 4 storeys and has 16 pivoting casements. Elevation to churchyard has 2 large gables each with 4 giant pilasters linked by round-headed arches and corner block with 3 pilasters and cambered casements. Left side elevation has 3 cambered planks and large louvred wooden feature to roof. Interior has Queen-post roof with 3 layers of purlins and a ridge-piece. The 3 malting floors have iron columns and wooden concertina floors. Part of the complex has a cambered concrete roof.
Listing NGR: TR0175661514

Historic England archive material: 95/00800 FREMLINS BREWERY The negatives numbers linked to this job were for a time unlinked and linked in error to 93/02897. 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.

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

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May 8 2025 3:04PM