19th century brewery, now retail space, Kings Road (EHER 15962)

A 19th century brewery, first listed in 1855, and more recently used as a retail space.

This is the site of Alfred Fielder’s brewery, first listed in 1855, which continued under the Fielder name until taken over in 1923 by S.R. Conron of Hornchurch. The brewery consisted originally of a three storey brewhouse fronting Kings Road, the single storey Brewery Tap public house on the north of the main block and probably other buildings to the rear. The brewhouse was brick built, consisting of three bays with yellow brick pilasters between each. The first floor windows were all louvred, there was a lucam in the centre of the top floor and a chimney to the rear. It has now been altered with most of the brick work rendered except for the pilasters, the top floor having been removed (although the centre of the building is still slightly higher) and there is a slate roof. As the building is in retail use there are new shop frontages on the ground floor. The Brewery Tap is still trading; this has been increased to two storeys and the brick work rendered. Nearer to Brentwood railway station, to the north west of it there used to be extensive malthouses connected by sidings to the railway and to the south east of it another, larger brewery. <1>.