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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 04 SW 100 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Lion Brewery, Dover Place |
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Summary
The Lion Brewery was located in dover Place in Ashford. It was established in 1850 and had to be rebuilt after a fire in 1864. After changing hands several times the site became a store in 1912 until 1921 when it was converted into the site of the Ashford Valley Cider Company. The buildings were demoilshed in 1971 and nothing remains at the site.
| Grid Reference: | TR 01271 42330 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR04SW |
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| Parish: | ASHFORD, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BREWERY (Rebuilt 1864 after a fire, Post Medieval to Modern - 1850 AD to 1921 AD)
- MALTINGS (Modern - 1912 AD to 1921 AD)
- CIDER MILL (Demolished 1971, Modern - 1921 AD to 1971 AD)
Full description
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Lion Brewery est. 1850 by Green and Laud and operated by Thomas Chapman from 1868. Brewery rebuilt after fire of 1864 - acquired by Mr Newport in 1866 and then by Chapman & Sons in 1868. It was later aquired by Style and Winch in 1912 and used as stores until 1921 when converted by Ashford Valley Cider Co. Demolished 1971 (1)
<1> Norman Barber (Brewery History Society 1994), A Century of British Brewers 1890-1990 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6449.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Norman Barber (Brewery History Society 1994). A Century of British Brewers 1890-1990. |
