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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NE 392
Type of record:Monument
Name:Former site of the Cannon brewery, High Street, Ramsgate

Summary

The brewery was established in 1801 and was acquired by the Ramsgate Brewery business Tomson and Wotton in 1876. It ceased brewing after World War I. The maltings and oasts are extant and date to the mid 19th century and are constructed of brick with a slate roof. The main range is of two storeys and has a large weatherboarded hoist housing with barge-boarded gable, on long brackets. The two square plain oasts have two segmentally headed openings high on each elevation and brick dentil eaves cornice. The building is now in use as a now depository. The brewery also has a three storey water tower with a cast iron tank which is flanked by a two storey range to the northwest and southeast. The latter has been heavily modified and in use as garage premises.

Grid Reference:TR 3790 6518
Map Sheet:TR36NE
Parish:RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • BREWERY (Closed, Post Medieval to Modern - 1801 AD (at some time) to 1918 AD? (at some time))
  • MALTINGS (Closed, Post Medieval - 1833 AD? (at some time) to 1866 AD? (at some time))
  • OASTHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1833 AD to 1866 AD)
  • WAREHOUSE (Demolished, Modern - 1920 AD? to 1939 AD?)

Full description

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Owned by Cramp & Sons until at least 1859. Then taken over by Cannnon Brewery and later by Tomson & Wotton in 1878. Continued brewing until 1920.It was demolished by 1939 and is now a site of a bus station.(1) A L-shaped Malt house is marked on 25" maps, TR 3788 6510. This building may still be there, as similar building is marked on the modern maps. In 1939 it may have been used as a depository.(2) The maltings has since been converted for housing.

The brewery was established in 1801 and was acquired by the Ramsgate Brewery business Tomson and Wotton in 1876. It ceased brewing after World War I.

The maltings and oasts are extant and date to the mid 19th century and are constructed of brick with a slate roof. The main range is of two storeys and has a large weatherboarded hoist housing with barge-boarded gable, on long brackets. The two square plain oasts have two segmentally headed openings high on each elevation and brick dentil eaves cornice. The building is now in use as a now depository.

The brewery also has a three storey water tower with a cast iron tank which is flanked by a two storey range to the northwest and southeast. The latter has been heavily rmodified and in use as garage premises. (3-5)


Ordinance Survey, 1872, Ramsgate Kent XXXVIII.1.12 (Map). SKE56196.

<1> Norman Barber (Brewery History Society 1994), A Century of British Brewers 1890-1990 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6449.

<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, OS 25" maps, 1st and 3rd ed. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<3> Anderson, L., 2010, Strategy for the Historic Industrial Environment: The Brewing Industry, p32 (Bibliographic reference). SKE56086.

<4> Richmond L and A. Turton, 1990, The brewing industry : a guide to historical records (Bibliographic reference). SKE56095.

<5> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: Ordinance Survey. 1872. Ramsgate Kent XXXVIII.1.12.
<1>Bibliographic reference: Norman Barber (Brewery History Society 1994). A Century of British Brewers 1890-1990.
<2>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. OS 25" maps, 1st and 3rd ed..
<3>Bibliographic reference: Anderson, L.. 2010. Strategy for the Historic Industrial Environment: The Brewing Industry. p32.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Richmond L and A. Turton. 1990. The brewing industry : a guide to historical records.
<5>Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.

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