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PLANNING LISTED UILDINGS ND CONSERVATION REAS)ACT 1990

A ME N D ME N T O THE L IS TOF B U IL D IN G S F S P E C IA L

ARCHITECTURALR HISTORICNTEREST

WHEREAS:

Section of the Planning ListedBuildings nd Conservat ion reas) Act

1990 "theAct") equires he Secretary f State, or he purposes f the Act

and with a view to the guidance of local planning authori t ies n the

performance f their unctions nder he Act and the Town and Country

Planning ct 1990 n relation o buildings f special rchitectural r historic

interest , o compile r approve l is t of such buildings, nd he may amend

the ist so compiled r approved.

The Secretary f State, having consulted with English Heritage nd such

other persons or bodies of persons who appear o him appropriate s

having pecial nowledge f ,and nterest n , such buildings, onsiders hat

the said l is t (English Heri tage olume 1685-1, Distr ic t of Lancaster)

should e amended n he manner e t out n he Schedule ereto .

NOW THEREFORE he Secretary f State, n exercise f the powers

conferred n him by Section of the Act, hereby amends he list n the

manner et out n he Schedule ereto.

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be supported y the main loors were considerably reater han hosecarried y the roof space loor.

The east wall appears o be of a phased onstruction ith ts ive southernbays and wo northern ays being distinguished rom he remaining ix

bays by straight oint n he masonry, nd by the use of crude ubblecorbels upporting he beam ends. The six ntervening ays arecharacterised y dressed uarter-round orbelswhich match hose oundon he bui lding 's est wall .

The concrete round loor amps up to a slightly igher evel at thesouthern nd of he bui lding nd does not equate o the original loor evel .Corbels t the northern nd of the east wall ndicate hat he early groundfloorwas raised ver a basement hich was at a lower evel han hepresent oncrete loor.The original imbers f the ground loordo notsurvive ut hey were set slightly bove he evel of the present oncrete

f loor. n he bui lding 's or th ast corner here s a br ick-l ined ump or wellfrom where water or he brewery was pumped.

The upper imber loor structure s of softwood eams with rregular oistsand appears o be consis tent hroughout he bui lding, uggest ing hat hefive southern nd wo northern ays of the east wall have been etainedfrom an earlier tructure r structures. ing-post russes ave notched nstruts with ron stirrups t the eet of the king-posts. he loor rames arelargely ntact part rom he northernmost ays where he beams survivebut not he oists or floorboards.

At the northern nd of the buildings gainst he west wall here s evidencefor a stair position nd n the loorof the owest imber loor here s a trapfor either a stair or a hoist n the ifth bay rom he south.

Vir tual ly l l he bui lding 's indows ave been blocked nd appear o havebeen spaced egularly n alternate ays along each of the ong walls as wellas the south gable wall.There s also an external irst loor door n thesecond bay rom he north on the east wall. n he north wall here s ablocked ttic-level oorway hat ormerly ed nto he adjoining lowtower'.

All he or iginal oof russes ppear o survive, l though number ave hadstruts emoved nd he purlins ppear o be replacements.

HISTORY. he precise ate when malt ing nd brewing ommenced n hissite cannot be verified. here s a datestone f 1669 on the gable of thenorth wing of the brewery omplex acing onto Brewery ane but his sthought o have been eused n the C19. No brewery s shown on theDocton map of 1684.

Initial esults f tree-ring nalysis ndertaken n December 009 on in situt imbers rom ground loor e i l ing eams n he malthouse ndicates hat

they were of Polish riginand he rees wereprobably

elled and used nthe mid-1750s. he brewery ppears n the Mackreth map of Lancaster

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dated 1778. l t s depicted n plan as a C-shaped omplex f rangesgrouped round he north, outh and east sides of a yard opening n toBrewery ane on the west. The malthouse orms he arger outhernportion f the east ange as depicted n the Mackreth map.

From around 1800-'181 the brewery was owned by John Proctor, fterwhich t was bought by the Walker amily of Preston. he brewery wasadvertised or sale or rent n he Lancaster uardian f 12 February 831and consisted f a 'brewery, malt kiln,warehouse, table, ards, and otherpremises'. n 1833 he brewery was n the ownership f a Mr Townley fBlackburn. round he middle ears of he C19 brewing ppears o haveceased or a time.

About 1872 he site came nto he possession f the irm of Jackson &Yates who operated s maltsters nly. Towards he end of that decade hetitleof the irm changed o Yates & Jackson nd soon after his he

business as extended ith brewing ecommencing nd new buildingsbeing added ogether ith some existing uildings eing converted ndothers emolished.

In 1901 he archi tect . Arthur Deighton f Manchester repared lans,which were executed, or a major extension o the north side of the brewerycomplex.

By 1969 an open yard between he malthouse nd Brewery ane had beenenclosed by the construction f a modern west wall and roofed over. Brickpillarswere builtagainst art of the malthouse's est wallas roof supports.The malthouse s thought o have ceased being used as such at anunspecified ate during he C20. Also at an unspecified ate n he C20 twas re-roofed sing asbestos heeting.

In 1984 Yates & Jackson was aken over by Thwaites nd he brewery oldto Mitchells. itchell's eased brewing ere n 1999 but have continued seof a modern istribution arehouse n the northern art of the site.

SOURCES: owards, , & Arnold, , In i t ia l esul ts f he Tree-RingAnalysis t Mitchell's rewery, ancaster. Sample Nos. LNC-AO1 LNC-A20. Nottingham ree-Ring Dating Laboratory December 009)

lndustr ia l ui ldings e lect ion uide,English eri tage 2007)

Lancaster uardian 2 February 831

Menuge, A, Mitchell's rewery, rewery ane, Lancaster. UnpublishedReport, English Heritage December 009)

Patr ick, , Malt ings n England. tra tegy or he Histor ic ndustr ia lEnvironment eport No. 1. English Heritage 2004)

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Patrick, , The Malthouse nd Brewery, Mitchell's rewery ite),BreweryLane, ancaster. npublishedeport 2007)

Pearson, , Strategy or he Historicndustrial nvironment. he BrewingIndustry. report y he Brewery istory ociety or English eritage

(200e)Mapsc.1684Map prepared y Kenneth octon n he 1950s ased n surveyor'smeasurements f street rontages.

1778Stephen ackreth, lan f he Town f Lancaster

Architectural rawings1901 MessrsYates & Jackson, roposed xtensiono Brewery,Lancaster', igned WArthurDeighton rchitect, 1 John Dalton treet,

Manchester, ated pril 901 ' nd endorsedLancaster

Corporation,Approved, 5April 901

REASONS ORDESIGNATION:he Malthouses designated tGrade lfor he ollowing rincipaleasons:

. lt s a tarc urviving xample f a multi-floored 18maltingso lt s a rare urvivingxample f an C18 maltings hat s buil t n an

industrial s opposed o a rural cale. l t s one of only small umber f surviving alt ings n north est

England, n area utside he radit ionalmaltingcounties ' fEngland. Dendrochronologicalating as shown hat he imbers sed n he

maltings r iginatedn Poland. s such his enhances urknowledgeof he rading inks ssociated ith he Portof Lancaster uring hec18

Dated:- L l/ta.d-.- 2-c tO Signed y authority fthe Secretary I State orCulture, edia nd Sport

J.CNick BridglanEnglish eri tage