47 and 49 Church Street (EHER 30408)

The brewery was built in 1868 by Crabb, Veley and Company. The brewers' architect George Scamell carried out alterations to the brewery in 1878. The brewery was operated by Crabb and Veley from 1887 until 1895 when Baddow Brewery Company Limited was registered to take over. Further alterations to the brewery buildings took place in 1902.In 1927 the brewery was taken over by Seabrooke and Sons Limited and closed. The building is now used for commercial and retail purposes.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. The brewers Crabb, Veley and Co., based upon a business originally started by in 1798 by a Richard Crabb, had a new integrated brewery complex built here in 1868. Additions in 1878 were designed by the brewers’ architect George Scamell, with further additions in 1902, by which time it was known as the Baddow Brewery Co. The prominent plaques containing ‘C’s and ‘V’s testifying to the original partnership. The business was taken over by Seabrooke and Sons of Grays in 1927. Many of the structures remain in tact and in use for retail purposes. The main 3-storey, 9 x 5 bay structure is of yellow brick with polychromatic brick decoration between the first and second floors and in the pointed, recessed arches above the ground and second floor windows. Pilasters feature extensively. The roof is of modern tiles. The brewhouse tower is roofed with slates as is the single storey range of outbuildings which are mainly red brick with yellow brick inserts to the arch. The bottling stores were on the opposite side of the road from the main structure. This was demolished and a new structure built in 1989 incorporating decorative features from the original building such as the circular inset reliefs of royalty. <1> - <3> Photographs <4>