County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
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Devon |
J A Devenish & Co Ltd Redruth and Weymouth | Axmouth, Church Street | Ship | Heavy plastic plaque: same design as other Devenish plaques but includes 'good food'. These are therefore reproduction and were placed by the brewery in the early 1990s. | NC 2003 | . |
Devon |
Heavitree Brewery Ltd Exeter | Bideford, 16a Mill Street - corner of Lower Gunstone | Heavitree Arms | The pub is named after the former brewery. On the Mill Street elevation are etched windows: 'AGENT FOR ... BAKERS ... HEAVITREE ... ALES'. The Baker family owned the brewery during the 19th and early 20th centuries. | GCr photo 2009; MBr photo 2022 | Picture |
Devon |
Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge | Buckfastleigh, 15 Fore Street | Kings Arms Hotel | 'USHERS' lettering on the hanging sign; two Usher's plaques on the frontage. All Usher's features removed by 2016. | AH 2013; Google 2016 | . GONE |
Devon |
Norman & Pring Ltd Exeter | Buckfastleigh, 79-80 Fore Street | Valiant Soldier (former) | This former pub is now a museum. It was closed in the late 1960s and everything has been left the same as it was then. There are lots of Norman & Pring (City Brewery) signs inside. More information on their web site www.valiantsoldier.org.uk. | AH 2013; MCr photo 2008 | Picture |
Devon |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Chudleigh, 51 Fore Street | Constitutional Club | Illuminated box sign - Ansell's Best Bitter and club name. Removed by 2008. | RF 2001; Google 2008 | . GONE |
Devon |
Heavitree Brewery Ltd Exeter | Cockwood, Dawlish Warren Road | Anchor | Two oval plaques, one each side of the main door, black in colour, with 'A HEAVITREE HOUSE ... ESTd. 1790'; and the brewery's trademark in a small roundel. | SRH photo 2009 | Picture |
Devon |
Plymouth Breweries Ltd Plymouth | Dartmouth, 5 Market Street | Dolphin | A fine tiled frontage. One panel has salmon coloured tiles with green lettering: 'STAR (star emblem) ALES'. Then vertically 'PLYMOUTH BREWERIES', and at the bottom 'LIMITED'. | TACS 2006; CVo photo 2010 | Picture |
Devon |
Heavitree Brewery Ltd Exeter | Dawlish, 2 Beach Street | Exeter Inn | An oval plaque, black in colour, with 'A HEAVITREE HOUSE'; and the brewery's trademark in a small roundel. Also more modern Heavitree signs. | WRB photo 2009 | Picture |
Devon |
Heavitree Brewery Ltd Exeter | Exeter Centre, 36 New North Road | Locomotive | Two plaques, one oval and one round, incorporating the brewery's trademark and 'A HEAVITREE HOUSE ... ESTd. 1790'. | SRH photo 2009; AH photo 2018 | Picture |
Devon |
Norman & Pring Ltd Exeter | Exeter Centre, 60 New North Road | Oddfellows | Etched front windows: 'OLDE CITY ALES'. This pub was owned by Norman & Pring until the takeover by Whitbread in 1962. Was named THIRSTY CAMEL for a time. By 2007, the windows had been replaced with clear glazing. | SP 2003; DCo photo 2004; SP 2007 | Picture GONE |
Devon |
Heavitree Brewery Ltd Exeter | Exeter Centre, Quay Hill | Prospect | An oval plaque on the frontage 'A HEAVITREE HOUSE ... ESTd 1790' and the brewery's trade mark in a roundel. May post-date the company's brewery period, but is not new. | AH photo 2013 | Picture |
Devon |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Exeter Centre, St Davids Station Approach | Great Western Hotel | On the Cowley Bridge Road frontage, a projecting box sign in deteriorating condition featuring 'DRAUGHT Bass' and the red triangle trademark. Removed ca. 2017. | WRB photo 2008; Google 2017 | Picture GONE |
Devon |
Heavitree Brewery Ltd Exeter | Exmouth, 13 High Street | Heavitree (formerly Heavitree Arms) | In the tympanum above a disused doorway is a scroll with: 'HEAVITREE BREWERY', topped with a shield incorporating the brewery's trademark. Also the date 1934. | BL 2001; SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Devon |
Norman & Pring Ltd Exeter | Exmouth, 21 Exeter Road | Exmouth Arms | One etched window on the side elevation: 'CITY BREWERY ALES'. On the wall adjacent is a board sign with Whitbread's logo. | SP 2007; AH photo 2013 | Picture |
Devon |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Exmouth, 21 Imperial Road | York Inn (formerly York Hotel). | Black slate plaque with the red triangle logo and 'Bass ON DRAUGHT'. Also a metal plaque for Worthington Best Bitter. Two 'YH' monograms represent the name of the pub. | BL 2001; SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Devon |
Aylwin & Snowden Exeter | Exmouth, Tower Street | Possibly the Criterion Inn | On the gable end of this former pub, a delightful old painted sign: 'THE NOTED WELLPARK BREWERY ALES'. This sign may date from the period when the brewery was operated as ROSS & PIDSLEY. | AH photo 2013 | Picture |
Devon |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Honiton, 133 High Street | Three Tuns | Hanging sign with fading Bass painted lettering. Applied 'Bass' script lettering and a triangle on the front wall. A slate plaque with a red triangle and 'Bass ON DRAUGHT'. All Bass signs removed by 2016. | WRB photo 2009; Google 2016 | Picture GONE |
Devon |
St Annes Well Brewery Co Ltd Exeter | Moretonhampstead, Cross Street | Bell | Etched glass windows bearing the name of St Anne's Well Brewery in Exeter, which took over the pub in the 1890s. The windows read: (1) 'St ANNE'S WELL ... OATMEAL STOUT'; (2) 'ALL SPIRITS OF THE BEST QUALITY'; (3) 'OLD CELLAR ... THE FAVORITE [sic] SCOTCH WHISKY'; (4) WINES & SPIRITS OF THE BEST QUALITY' | ASw 2008; MPe photo 2022 | Picture |
Devon |
Whitbread - the national brewery conglemerate | Newton Abbot, 3 Market Street | Market House Inn (later Market Gate) | Above the front door, a modern double-sided box sign incorporating the Whitbread 'tankard' and 'deer' trademark. Removed by 2011. | WRB photo 2007; Google 2011 | Picture GONE |
Devon |
Starkey Knight & Ford Ltd - Bridgewater and Tiverton | Newton Abbot, 55 Wolborough Street | Wolborough Arms | A pair of etched windows, which look different ages: (1) 'STARKEY, KNIGHT & FORD ... GOLD MEDAL ALES' and (2) 'STARKEY, KNIGHT & FORD ... TIVERTON ALES' | SP 2002; WRB photo 2007 | Picture |
Devon |
Octagon Brewery Ltd Plymouth | Plymouth, 14 Barbican | Dolphin Hotel | Two old leaded windows on the front elevation, each with a central leaded panel with 'OB' logos. Also a slate 'Bass on Draught' plaque next to the door. | GB 2003 ; SP photo 2017 | Picture |
Devon |
Whitbread - the national brewery conglemerate | Topsham, Bridge Hill | Bridge Inn | A postwar box sign: '(NO) WHITBREAD TANKARD'. Also Bass signs. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Devon |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Topsham, Bridge Hill | Bridge Inn | An old hanging sign outside with 'Bass' and the triangle trademark - white on black. On the shelves behind the bar is a small Bass panel. Also a Whitbread Tankard sign. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |