St Austell Brewery Co. Ltd
St Austell Brewery Co. Ltd, Trevarthian Road, St Austell, Cornwall
Walter Hicks was a wine merchant and maltster in 1851 and began brewing in 1863 at the Seven Stars Inn, East Hill, St Austell. In 1867, he purchased the Freehold of the London Inn, where he established a modern steam brewery. This building still stands as Tregonissey House. The site at Trevarthian Road was leased and the new brewery was built in 1893. Registered as Walter Hicks & Company on 17 January 1910.
In 1934, they merged with Christopher Ellis & Son Ltd of Hayle and the company was renamed as above.
Other acquisitions:
- Henwood & Sons (Padstow) acquired in 1914
- The pubs of North Cornwall Brewery Co. Ltd in 1923
- Part of the tied estate of Sydney Hatch, Treluswell Brewery in 1943
Still brewing with 150 public houses. Bath Ales Ltd brewery and its tied estate were acquired by St Austell Brewery in 2016.
- St Austell Brewery - 6 June 2001
- St Austell Brewery - 17 August 2010
- List of St. Austell Brewery Co. Ltd pubs
Labels, etc
Courtesy Roy Denison
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The Seven Stars Inn
Walter Hicks obtained the lease of the Seven Stars in 1863, and this is where he began brewing:
The London Inn
The Walter Hicks brewery (1867) at the London Inn:
The 1893 brewery
Images of the "new" (1893) brewery:
The "new" brewery in the 1890s.
June 1993
June 1993
June 1993
June 1993
June 1993
BHS visit to St Austell Brewery, May 2017
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