Shieldfield Brewery, Wesley Street

HER Number:
11072

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Shieldfield Brewery, Wesley Street

Place:
Shieldfield

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Food and Drink Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Brewery

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Charles Ford brewed here from 1847 to 1857. The brewery could produce 30 half-barrels each brewing. It included malt lofts, offices, a stable and a covered yard, a dwelling house and the Brewer's Arms beerhouse. Ford left to take over the General Wolfe in Canada Street but he died in 1858. Thomas Smith worked here from 1863 to 1865, then he handed over to James Pearse. In 1868 John Allan took over. In 1878 the brewing plant, a spring-cart and a horse were sold off. Thomas Davison continued brewing here for a few years. The brewery became a laundry then a hay merchant's. During the Second World War it was used for civil defence exercises. After the war It was demolished as part of a slum clearance.

Easting:
425600

Northing:
564900

Grid Reference:
NZ425600564900

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 35, 55