The history of the brewhouse

The stone built workshop originally belonged to one of the two now demolished cottages which stood at the side of 25 St John’s Street. It was the end one of these cottages which contained the now exposed cruck beam.

Within the workshop medieval pottery was found both under the stone flag floor and within the wall during internal construction of the new brewhouse.

The workshop may have had many different uses during its life time and judging by the stone casement window, internal fire place and old building lines with adjacent buildings, the workshop could have originally been built as a house or was part of a dwelling. Six small glass jars of dye were also found within its roof space. These originated from Hull and it is hoped to obtain further information once their use has been sourced and may confirm local belief that the workshop may at one time have been in use by a cobbler.

The 1871 census shows number 25 St John’s Street being occupied by a fishmonger with the adjacent cottage housing a stone mason.