Brunel Street Brewery, Brunel Street
Brunel Street Brewery, Brunel Street
HER Number
11084
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Brunel Street Brewery, Brunel Street
Place
Elswick
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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
Joseph Mitcheson built the Brunel Street Brewery in 1860. He worked there until around 1874. An advertisement of 1872 described his "good, wholesome, and genuine samples of Newcastle Mild Ale". Robert Emmerson later took the premises over and converted it to housing in 1885.
Easting
423800
Northing
563200
Grid Reference
NZ423800563200
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 41