15108

 

II  

Designated  

16/11/1994  

16/11/1994  

Former Brewery at Castle Hill Farm  

 

Flintshire  

Hawarden  

 

Ewloe  

329098  

367383  

 

Opposite the Main House to the NE  

Domestic  

 

The Castle Hill Farm complex was established in the early C19 as Fox's Brewery and continued as a working brewery until 1950. The surviving buildings date mainly from the second quarter C19 to the late C19, and consist of the owner's house, a brewery range with adjacent malting tower, a large granary with dray house, a stable block and a brewery office. They are ranged loosely around a courtyard.  

Exterior of Brewery: A stone-built triple-pile building of 2, 1 and 1 storeys from L to R, with plain gables and slate roofs. Asymmetrical S (entrance) facade of brick with central, single-storey brick projection. Flush entrance with cambered head and 6-panelled door. 12 pane recessed sash to L with cambered head and stone cill. 2 brick chimneys with simple dentilated and moulded caps. Modern French window to ground floor L. 6-pane tripartite casement to First floor 12-pane casement to L and Modern window to R. The L, 2-storey gable with plain boarded double doors and 16-pane cross-window above. A 4-pane cross window to the central gable, and a pair of boarded double doors to the furthest gable, with 4-pane fan-light. To the R and adjoining, a partly rebuilt cellar hoist housing with original winch mechanism and loading doors. Open, and of brick on a stone plinth. Beneath this and the adjoining brewery range are 4 large brick-vaulted cellars. The Malting Tower: Adjacent to the Brewery and formerly attached to the E. Mid C19 and on three floors, the ground floor an open barrel-vault. First floor entrances to E, S and W faces, the former with hoist. Plane ventilation openings to second floor. Gabled roof with ventilation dormer to E. To the W, and occupying a third of the top storey, a large cast iron, rivetted water tank, partly external. Inside, the remains of a large furnace. The E face of the tower has recently been largely rebuilt.  

 

Group value with other listed items within the remarkable former Fox's Brewery complex.