Anglo Bavarian Brewery Pump House

The pump house originally provided water to the nearby Anglo Bavarian Brewery via a nearby spring. A tunnel 50 feet into the hillside provided the supply and was used up until the brewery closed in 1921. The Victorian brewery was built in 1864 as a Pale Ale brewery and later expanded becoming the Anglo Bavarian Brewery. The site was thought to be the country’s first lager brewery. 200 people were employed at the site by 1891 and the site was capable of brewing 4000 barrels per week. The site closed in 1921 and later, during World War II, the plant was requisitioned by the Air Ministry who dismantled the plant and reused the metal for the war.