1885 Property Auction description
The New Town Brewery in
Joseph Street, Gosport
was auctioned at the India Arms Hotel
on 4th June 1885
1885 Property Auction description
The Licensed Freehold BEER HOUSE,
known as THE
THE "NEW TOWN" BREWERY,
JOSEPH STREET,
Containing Bar, Bar Parlor, Three Bed Rooms, Kitchen, Public and Private
W.C.'s., Cellar, Gateway
Entrance, Yard and Brick-Built Store or Cooper's Shop in Rear, having a Frontage
of 27 Feet, or
thereabouts, in the occupation of Mr. G. Boys.
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Extract from a report by the Brewery History Society 'The Beer Act of 1830
introduced the concept of the beer house, in effect
a new type of public house created by allowing any rate-paying householder
to apply for a licence to sell (and brew) beer on the premises.
Within 8 years almost 46,000 beer houses came into being, but they...' Gosport is mentioned in the
report - in Part One The English brewing and its
buildings 'the huge brewhouse at the naval victualling yard in Gosport, which catered for mass demand from the fleet, was...' Read more on the above link |
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fifty years on from the 1885 auction . . .
no. 11, John Coley: boot repairer
joseph
street still exists today but somewhat shorter. Courtesy of Kelly's |
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