| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | More Info? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Isle of Wight |
W B Mew, Langton & Co Ltd Newport | Cowes, 176 Newport Road | Kingston Arms | CAMRA Portsmouth magazine 2001 describes the interior. There is a leaded glass window panel above the bar: 'MEW LANGTON'S ALES & STOUT'. There is also a modern Gale's plaque next to the entrance and a Gale's lantern next to the side door. | CAMRA 2001; JSe photo 2002; JSe photo 2009; JSe photo 2017 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
W B Mew, Langton & Co Ltd Newport | Cowes, 24-26 Terminus Road | Wheatsheaf (former) | A fading sign on one end wall - black lettering on white background: 'WHEATSHEAF ... MEW'S ALES ... FULLY LICENSED'. Converted to residential use. | JSe 2002; SP 2004; SRH photo 2006 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge | Cowes, 51 Cross Street | Painters Arms | A wall-mounted oval Usher's plaque next to the corner door. Some damage to the lower scroll text. | AH 2014; JSe 2014; JSe 2017 | . |
Isle of Wight |
Brickwoods Ltd Portsea | Cowes, Arctic Road | Former off-licence | On the end wall, lettering 'BRICKWOODS ... ALES & STOUT'. Converted to residential. | JSe photo 2009 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Cowes, Beckford Road | Cowes Conservative Club | A projecting box sign with the club name plus 'COURAGE' and four cockerel logos. In 2015, the Courage sign was removed. | AH photo 2014; JSe 2015 | Picture GONE |
Isle of Wight |
Brickwoods Ltd Portsea | Cowes, St Marys Road | Old Mayflower Inn (former) | Tiled frontage with typical Brickwood's mosaic fascia - white lettering on red background: 'BRICKWOODS BRILLIANT ALES & STOUT'. Formerly owned by William Waterman's St Mary's Brewery which was acquired by Brickwoods in 1919. | JSe photo 2002 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | East Cowes, Clarence Road | East Cowes Conservative Club | A plain hanging box sign with the club name and 'COURAGE'. | AH photo 2014 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
W B Mew, Langton & Co Ltd Newport | Freshwater, Princes Road | Prince of Wales (former) | Has a 'MEWS' board sign applied over the corner entrance (not sure whether original or a replacement). The pub has been converted to a house, but the sign survives. | SP 2004; JSe photo 2011 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge | Newport, 36 South Street | Prince Of Wales | An Usher's shield mounted above the door. | JSe photo 2020 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
James Garland Duffett Ryde | Ryde, 178 High Street | Grace's bakery shop | Raised lettering above the shop window: 'DUFFETT'. The brewery was almost adjacent. This shop was probably used in connection with the family's seed merchant's business after the brewery closed. | SP photo 2005 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
Louisa Lake Ryde | Ryde, 44 High Street | Eagle Hotel (former - now retail) | Lake's Eagle Brewery was located behind the hotel. Mounted on the parapet of the building is a fine carved eagle. The brewery was acquired by Edward Sweetman in 1877 and closed; Sweetman rebuilt the frontage in the 1890s. | SP photo 2005 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
Edward Sweetman Ryde | Ryde, 44 High Street | Eagle Hotel (former - now retail) | At the top of each of the side pilasters, a stone panel with 'ES' in decorative lettering. | SP photo 2005 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
W B Mew, Langton & Co Ltd Newport | Ryde, 51 Upton Road | Lake Huron | A fading sign painted on the north end wall - '(MEW) LANGTONS - BREWERS TO HIS MAJESTY - (part missing) STOUT WINES & SPIRITS'. The left-hand part of the sign is missing due to the insertion of a first-floor window. This sign was painted over an earlier sign - 19c photographs reveal it displayed 'SWEETMAN'S SUPERIOR ALES & STOUT'. | JSe 2002; SP photo 2005 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
Henry Charles & Walter Sweetman Ryde | Ryde, 51 Upton Road | Lake Huron | Very faint: painted sign on the south end wall - 'SWEETMANS' - remainder illegible. Mew Langtons acquired Sweetmans in 1920. | JSe photo 2002; SP 2005 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
Probably George Raggett & Sons Ltd London, SE1 | Ryde, 53 Union Street | Bar 53: formerly Yelf’s Tap and Cellar | At the rear, is a fading painted sign: 'GUINNESS & RAGGETT'S STOUTS'. It is thought that Raggetts became a subsidiary of Barclay Perkins in about 1953 or 1964: they may have been brewers, or commissioned their 'Nourishing Stout' from other brewers. | SP photo 2005 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
Long & Co Ltd - Southsea | Seaview, High Street | Seaview Hotel | An etched window with lettering 'LONG'S STOUT'. | DDi photo 2023 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
Whitbread - the national brewery conglemerate | Shanklin, 81 High Street | Daish's Hotel | Above the bar entrance doorway, a semi-circular panel with the brewery's 'Tankard' logo with a 'Deer' illustration inside; below which lettering in maroon: 'WHITBREAD ALES'. | JSe photo 2018 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
Burt & Co Ventnor | Ventnor, Esplanade | Mill Bay Inn | Internal. A bank of four handpumps features a glass front panel, and inside this is painted lettering: 'BURT'S ISLAND ALES'. | JSe photo 2010 | Picture |
Isle of Wight |
Corbould Ventnor | Ventnor, High Street | Blenheim | Once owned by Corboulds, who were early owners of Burt's Brewery in Ventnor. The Corbould name still exists in mosaic on the floor outside the front entrance: 'CORBOULD ... WINE MERCHANT'. | JSe photo 2002; SP 2004 | Picture |