Description

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ROMSEY STATION ROAD
SU 3521 (north side, off)

3/253 The Brew House

- II

Malthouse, etc 1899 datestone, but parts may be earlier. Red brick, with Welsh
slated roofs, some upper portions with sheet lead cladding. Mostly 3- and 4-storey:
complex plan. Main east elevation of total 19 bays. Bays 1 to 3 project in 2-
storey form with hipped lean-to roof, and behind is a 4-storey tower with hipped
roof; a variety of metal and timber casement windows: the next 10 bays in 2-storey
form with brick pilasters between bays, with large roof sweep to tower eaves height,
having window or door units to each bay both levels, with added late C20 porch
to southernmost bay; hipped dormer windows at high level over bays 2, 4, 6, 8 and
10 - this last larger than the others; to bay 9 an unloading doorway in flat roofed
dormer just above eaves level: next 3 bays northwards occupied by malthouse oast
towers, with windows to ground, first and fourth floor levels (window to centre
first floor bay now blocked); steeply sloping truncated pyramidal roofs, slated
with metal ventilator terminals - a similar tower on west side of building, and
between towers a fifth-storey unit with lead sheet-clad sides and hipped slated
roof: final 3 bays a plain 4-storey unit, eaves level with oast towers, with hipped
slated roof and random fenestration and with external metal staircase with part
canopy to doorway, first floor bay 1. West elevation of similar character, but
on south-west corner a tower which would seem to be earlier than 1899. Interior
has cased metal framework (more probably steel than cast-iron - none visible) and
an inserted floor and partitioning to the 10-bay block to form late C20 office
suite; large open roof space with galleried walkway through the massive timber
trusses. The oast towers virtually intact, with the barley floors still intact,
together with much related equipment in situ. The Horsefair, the site of this
brewery, had a well established brewery by 1778, when its owner was Mayor of Romsey;
leased by Thomas Strong in 1858 and purchased by him in 1883, the successor firm
Strongs of Romsey became an important brewer and one of town's principal industries.
Strongs were absorbed by Whitbread in 1969; brewing here ceased and the site to
be vacated in 1989. The building is one of the principal landmarks of the town,
vying for prominence with Romsey Abbey from all viewpoints.

Listing NGR: SU3537221372

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26566456

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)