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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 SW 193 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Rigden's Brewery, Faversham |
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Summary
Rigden's Brewery in Court St , Faversham was founded around 1764. A map shows the buildings towards the north of the site and gardens to the south. In the 1970s, the site was totally redeveloped, aoart from the offices on Court St From this period the maltings, brewhouse and tun house still survive. In 1994 the brewery closed down and the buildings were converted into a supermarket: at this time the cask yard, coopers shop, boiler houses and a 1920s bottling plant were all demolished.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0174 6152 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06SW |
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| Parish: | FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BOILER HOUSE (BOILER HOUSE, Post Medieval to Modern - 1764 AD to 1994 AD)
- BREWERY (BREWERY, Post Medieval to Modern - 1774 AD? to 1994 AD (between))
- STABLE (STABLE, Post Medieval to Modern - 1794 AD to 1994 AD)
- COOPERAGE (COOPERAGE, Post Medieval to Modern - 1870 AD? to 1994 AD?)
- MALTINGS (MALTINGS, Post Medieval to Modern - 1870 AD? to 2050 AD?)
- BOTTLING PLANT (BOTTLING PLANT, Modern - 1920 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Rigden's Brewery, Court St Faversham founded c1764. With buildings marked on map against the Church lane boundary of the site with gardens to the S. In 1870's the site was completely redeveloped, except the offices on Court St. From this period maltings (plus a later extension), brewhouse and tun house survive. The brewery closed in 1994 and subsequently adapted as retail units. In the process the cask yard, coopers shop and boiler houses, all along the Church St boundary, were demolished along with a 1920s bottling plant at the S side of the site. (1-2) Additional Bibliography (3)
1993, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11404.
1993, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11404.
<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England, 1996, Fremlins Brewery, Court St, Faversham, RCHME Whitbread Brewery, Faversham (Threatened Buildings Survey Report 1996) (Monograph). SWX6968.
<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, DC Eve Reports on Northern Range of Buildings & Former Stables, Whitbread Brewery 1995 (MS, KCC) (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<3> Norman Barber (Brewery History Society 1994), A Century of British Brewers 1890-1990 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6449.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Photograph (Print): 1993. Photograph. TR0161/2. print. |
| <1> | Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England. 1996. Fremlins Brewery, Court St, Faversham. RCHME Whitbread Brewery, Faversham (Threatened Buildings Survey Report 1996). |
| <2> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. DC Eve Reports on Northern Range of Buildings & Former Stables, Whitbread Brewery 1995 (MS, KCC). |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Norman Barber (Brewery History Society 1994). A Century of British Brewers 1890-1990. |
