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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 65 SE 79
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Phoenix Brewery and Maltings, Bow Road, Wateringbury

Summary

Pheonix brewery was in use from 1843 to 1981. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey 1st - 3rd edition maps (c.1858-1922). The buildings have now been demolished and the site has been redeveloped.

The Phoenix Brewery was founded in Wateringbury in 1843. It later traded as Leney & Son until it was sold to Whitbread & Co Ltd in 1927. Whitbread sold the business to Fremlins in 1960 and it was closed in 1981.

The building has now been demolished and is the site of a housing estate.

Grid Reference:TQ 6915 5308
Map Sheet:TQ65SE
Parish:WATERINGBURY, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

  • BREWERY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1882 AD to 1922 AD)
  • MALTINGS (Post Medieval to Modern - 1882 AD to 1922 AD)

Full description

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The brewery, which was owned by Leney & Sons, was in use from 1843 to 1981.(1) The buildings have been cleared and the site has been redeveloped for housing . .
Marked on the 1st - 3rd ed OS maps (2).

Phoenix Brewery, founded by Augustus Leney in 1843. Later traded as Leney & Son, until it was acquired by Whitbread & Co Ltd in 1927. Whitbread later sold it to Fremlins in 1960, who closed it in 1981. The brewery has been demolished and is now a housing estate.(3)


Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13236.

Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske13236.

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1882, 1899, 1911 and 1922 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> KCC, 2007-9, EKPO/HERO pers comm (Miscellaneous Material). SKE13005.

<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
---Verbal communication: Jim Preston Personal Communication.
<1>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1882, 1899, 1911 and 1922.
<2>Miscellaneous Material: KCC. 2007-9. EKPO/HERO pers comm.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Norman Barber (Brewery History Society 1994). A Century of British Brewers 1890-1990.