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Monument details

HER Number:TR 37 SE 1442
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of the Brewer's Ar ms and Brewery, 94-96 High Street, Margate

Summary

The Brewer's Arms built c.1830, and associated brewery are shown on 1st (1862-1875), 2nd (1897-1900) by the 3rd (1906-1923) and the 4th (1929-1952) and Margate - Kent XXV.8.2: 1873.The pub was damaged by a bomb in 1941 and demolised c.1970. The brewery seems to ceased production around 1900.


Grid Reference:TR 3532 7074
Map Sheet:TR37SE
Parish:MARGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • BREWERY (Post Medieval - 1830 AD? to 1900 AD?)
  • PUBLIC HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1830 AD? to 1970 AD?)

Full description

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The Brewer's Arms (a Cobb & Co. house) was built c.1830s, and associated brewery are shown on 1st (1862-1875), 2nd (1897-1900) by the 3rd (1906-1923) and the 4th (1929-1952) and Margate - Kent XXV.8.2: 1873. The pub was damaged by a bomb in 1941 and demolised c.1970. The brewery seems to ceased production around 1900. M J Harlow mineral water manufacturers started from the Brewers Arms.
An advert for an auction in the Kentish Gazette c.1867, mentions "For sale, Brewery Plant with malt and hop stores, stables, dray lodges, cellarage, also Free Ale and Spirit House adjoining known as the Brewers Arms". In 1867 the High Street was renumbered. The Brewers Arms up to 1867 was 130 High Street, then it became 94 High Street.


Field report for monument TQ 57 SE 57 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3096.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

Ordinance Survey, 1873, Margate - Kent XXV 8_2 (Map). SKE56380.

Barry Smith and Paul Skelton, 2024, Dover Kent Archives - Public Houses - (Website). SKE56155.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 57 SE 57 - August, 1964.
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1.
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4.
---Website: Barry Smith and Paul Skelton. 2024. Dover Kent Archives - Public Houses -.
---Map: Ordinance Survey. 1873. Margate - Kent XXV 8_2.