Carisbrooke Brewery

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There have been two breweries with the name 'Carisbrooke Brewery' in the Carisbrooke/Newport area.

  • In the early/mid 19th century a 'Carisbrooke Brewery' was situated in Castle street, off Carisbrooke High Street beside the Carisbrooke stream (otherwise, Lukely Brook) between Carisbrooke Mill and the Priory millpond.
  • A later 'Carisbrooke Brewery' was built on Trafalgar Road (originally number 55, after house renumbering, number 62) around 1879, this closed in 1905. There was a Public House attached to the Brewery on Trafalgar Road which remained until 1983; after 1976 it was known as the 'Globe and Laurel.’

The Castle Street, Carisbrooke premises

Carisbrooke brewery map 1864
1864 Map showing brewery off Castle Street, Carisbrooke

April 1819 - Carisbrooke Brewery offered for sale by private contract'.[1]

To be SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT.
A complete BREWERY, built on the most approved system,
with very extensive Malt-house and stores; beer-stores
and cellars, cooperage, house-house, cart-house, stables,
an extensive range of out-buildings, and Cottage
…. situate at CARISBROOKE, one mile from Newport,
in a fine barley country, adjoining the stream,
which is so well known for its uncommon purity;….

Nov 1819 - Marriage of ‘Henry Denton Cole of the Carisbrooke Brewery.’[2]

1850 saw the Brewery again on the market[3]:

The Carisbrooke Brewery, with Malthouse, and Six Public Houses.
To be Sold by Auction ….The Capital 10-Quarter Brewery,
situated on the famed Carisbrooke Stream, one mile from
the Town of Newport, and known as the CARISBROOKE BREWERY,
with 10 QUARTER MALTHOUSE, Cellers, Stores, Stabling, Brewer’s
House, and full requisite Buildings; also the following
well-accustomed Houses, situate in the Town of Newport:-
“SWAN INN,” in the High Street;
“ANGEL INN,” in the Cattle Market;
“DUKE OF YORK,” in Nodehill;
“ANTELOPE,” in the High Street;
“SHOULDER OF MUTTON,” Sea Street (?);
“COOPERS’ ARMS,” Coppin’s Bridge………..

The 1851 census records James Cooper in Castle Street, Carisbrooke, occupation Brewer.

The Trafalgar Road premises

A house was built on Trafalgar Road in 1860, and a Brewery was built behind it in 1879.[4]

Carisbrooke Brewery 1898
Carisbrooke Brewery 1898

August 1877 - Charles James Dashwood, brewer of Trafalgar Road named in Licensing Meeting notice.[5]

1898/1904 Trade Directories – Dashwood Charles James, brewer, Carisbrooke Brewery, Trafalgar road.[6]

October 1905 - Charles James Dashwood was declared bankrupt and the Carisbrooke Brewery closed.[7]

Later in 1905, the assets and properties connected with the Carisbrooke Brewery were sold by Auction.[8]

Notice of Sale by Auction of all the assets of Carisbrooke Brewery.

Also Sale of various properties; the Carisbrooke Brewery Premises,
a Shop and 2 Dwelling houses in Carisbrooke Road
and adjoining the Brown Jug Tavern, also 2 houses
in Portland Street; 2 Cottages, stables and Piggeries
in Bedford Row and a cottage in Trafalgar road.

March 1910 - The IWCP reports that the Newport, Carisbrooke and District Steam Laundry had acquired the site, and 'cleverly altered it for the purposes of a laundry' and was opening for business.[9]

The Carisbrooke Brewery Public House

The Carisbrooke Brewery Public House on Trafalgar Road (sometimes called ‘Brewery Bar P.H.’ and later (from 1976) 'The Globe and Laurel’) in Trafalgar Road continued to exist until 1983 when it was closed by Whitbread. The building was sold and demolished the following year to expand the neighbouring business of Island Caravans.[10][11]

  1. Salisbury and Winchester Journal - Monday 22 November 1819
  2. Salisbury and Winchester Journal - 22 November 1819
  3. 29 June 1850 The Hampshire Independent
  4. 3 February 1884 Isle of Wight Observer (Civil court case for nuisance to neighbours)
  5. Isle of Wight Journal, Newport Times - 11 August 1877
  6. Kelly 1898 & 1904 directories- Newport, Commercial
  7. Isle of Wight County Press 28 October 1905
  8. Isle of Wight County Press 9 December 1905
  9. Isle of Wight Count Press 26 March 1910
  10. Isle of Wight County Press - 27 April 1984, Planning Application
  11. https://pubshistory.com/IsleofWight/Newport/CarisbrookeBrewery.shtml