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<big>''' Devenish Weymouth Brewery Ltd, ''' '' Hope Square & Redruth, Cornwall , Weymouth , Dorset .''</big>
[[Image:Devenish 04.jpg|thumb|Extra Stout]]
[[File:Devenish Redruth K Bitter.jpg|thumb|K Bitter Ale]]
[[File:Devenish 1948.jpg|thumb|1948]]
[[Image:Devenish 03.jpg|thumb|1969]]
[[File:BathCoeurDeLion84_SP_June2010.jpg|thumb|Coeur De Lion, Bath]]
[[File:DevenishTurksHead.JPG|thumb]]


Founded 1742 by Fowler family and acquired by William Devenish 1824.  
<big>'''Devenish & Co. Ltd''', ''Hope Square, Weymouth, Dorset''</big>


Registered 1889 as J.A.Devenish & Co. Ltd. and name was changed as above 1965. 330 tied houses. Brewing ceased at Weymouth November 1985 and was concentrated at Redruth as the Redruth Brewery (1742) Ltd.
<big>'''Devenish & Co. Ltd''', ''Chapel Street, Redruth, Cornwall''</big>


Houses acquired by [[Boddingtons]] 1993.
It is thought that brewing has taken place on this site since the 13th century. The current enterprise was founded in 1742 by the Fowler and Flew families, and acquired by William Devenish in 1824. Registered in 1889 as '''J A Devenish & Co Ltd''' and name was changed as above 1965.
 
* [[Mallett's Brewery]] of Truro was acquired in 1921.
* [[W & E C Carne: Falmouth Brewery|Carne's Falmouth Brewery]] was also acquired in 1921 and brewing ceased in 1926.
* [[Aylwin & Snowden]] of Exeter was acquired in 1925.
* In 1934, they acquired the Redruth Brewery Co. Ltd. For information on Redruth, see: [[Cornish Brewery Co. Ltd]].
* They acquired the adjacent [[Groves & Sons Ltd]], Hope Brewery, Weymouth in 1960 with 115 public houses.
 
330 tied houses. Brewing ceased at Weymouth in November 1985 and was concentrated at Redruth as the Redruth Brewery (1742) Ltd. The company closed the Redruth brewery (which became independent) in 1991, and became a retail pub company. The tied house estate was acquired by [[Greenall Whitley & Co. Ltd]] in 1993.
 
* '''[[List of Devenish & Co (Weymouth) pubs]]'''
 
 
'''Courtesy Paul Hathaway:'''
 
[[File:Weymouth Harbour with Groves and Devenish.JPG|600px]]
 
Weymouth Harbour, taken from a ship on the east side of the Harbour looking towards towards Hope Square and the Devenish and Groves Breweries. Hope Square is to the rear of the buildings in the dead centre of the picture. The white building on the right of the is the Old Rooms Inn, while the building with the two cream porticos is the Cove Inn, both now closed. The Old Rooms was one of the last pubs to be gas lit.
 
 
'''Various views of the Weymouth brewery'''
 
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Image:Devenish 22.jpg
Image:Devenish 24.jpg
Image:Devenish 26.jpg|One of the sixty year old Lancashire boilers being scrapped. Manufactured by Galloways of Manchester. Courtesy Geoff Martin.
Image:Devenish 28.jpg|Delivery of a new package boiler. Parked in Hope Square waiting to be winched into position. The wall at the back of the photo, opposite the front of the brewery, was the coal bunker. Courtesy Geoff Martin.
Image:Devenish 27.jpg|Installation in 1963 of John Thompson Multipac boilers from Glasgow. The boiler room, clean and freshly painted, very different from the solid fuel grime. Courtesy Geoff Martin.
File:WeymouthDevenish01_SP_May1990.jpg|1990
</gallery>
 
 
'''The BHS explored the surviving buildings of the former Devenish and Groves breweries in October 2021'''
 
<gallery>
File:WeymouthDevenish2021aa_HarbourView_SP.jpg|View over harbour
File:WeymouthDevenish2021bb_Devenish_SP.jpg|Devenish
File:WeymouthDevenish2021cc_Devenish_SP.jpg|Devenish
File:WeymouthDevenish2021dd_Groves_SP.jpg|Groves 1904 Brewhouse
File:WeymouthDevenish2021ff_Devenish_SP.jpg|Devenish
File:WeymouthDevenish2021gg_RearOfGroves_SP.jpg|Rear of Groves
File:WeymouthDevenish2021hh_Coal&HopsStore_SP.jpg|Devenish Coal & Hops Stores
File:WeymouthDevenish2021ii_Stables_SP.jpg|Devenish stables
File:WeymouthDevenish2021jj_Stables_SP.jpg|Devenish stables
File:WeymouthDevenish2021kk_Stables_SP.jpg|Devenish stables
File:WeymouthDevenish2021mm1_MalthouseNo3_SP.jpg|Malthouse No.3
File:WeymouthDevenish2021mm2_MalthouseNo3_SP.jpg|Malthouse No.3
File:WeymouthDevenish2021mm3_MalthouseNo3_SP.jpg|Malthouse No.3
File:WeymouthDevenish2021nn_GrovesMalthouse_SP.jpg|Groves Malthouse
File:WeymouthDevenish2021nn1_GrovesMalthouse_SP.jpg|Groves Malthouse
File:WeymouthDevenish2021nn2_GrovesAleStore_SP.jpg|Groves Ale Store
File:WeymouthDevenish2021oo2_RearOfGroves_SP.jpg|Rear of Groves
File:WeymouthDevenish2021pp_RearOfGroves_SP.jpg|Rear of Groves
File:WeymouthDevenish2021qq_RearOfGroves_SP.jpg|Rear of Groves
File:WeymouthDevenish2021rr_RearOfGroves_SP.jpg|Rear of Groves
File:WeymouthDevenish2021ss_RearOfGroves_SP.jpg|Rear of Groves
File:WeymouthDevenish2021tt_RearOfGroves_SP.jpg|Rear of Groves
File:WeymouthDevenish2021uu_GrovesChimney_SP.jpg|Groves chimney
File:WeymouthDevenish2021vv0_MalthouseNo2_SP.jpg|Malthouse No.2
File:WeymouthDevenish2021vv1_MalthouseNo2_SP.jpg|Malthouse No.2
File:WeymouthDevenish2021ww1_DevenishChimneyBase_SP.jpg|Devenish chimney base
File:WeymouthDevenish2021ww2_DevenishChimneyBase_SP.jpg|Devenish chimney base
</gallery>
 
 
'''The Redruth Brewery in 1977. Courtesy Roy Denison'''
 
<gallery>
File:Devenish Redruth brewery  7.10.1977.jpg
File:Devenish Redruth 7 .10.1977.jpg
File:Devenish Redruth 7 Oct 1977.JPG
</gallery>
 
 
'''Labels, advertising, etc'''
 
<gallery>
File:Devenish zx.jpg
File:Devenish Weymouth 5 June 1978.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devonish Weymouth RD zx (6).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devonish Weymouth RD zx (4).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devonish Weymouth RD zx (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devonish Weymouth RD zx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devonish Weymouth RD zx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devenish Redruth RD zmx 1.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devenish Redruth RD zmx 2.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devenish RD zmx.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devenish beer mat RD zmc (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devenish beer mat RD zmc (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devonish playing card.jpg
File:Devenish Falmouth and Truro strap.jpg
File:Devenish Nourishing Invalid Stout.jpg
File:Devenish Oatmeal Stout.jpg
File:Devenish Special Mild Ale.jpg
File:Devenish Special Stout - blue.jpg
</gallery>
 
 
'''Ordnance Survey map extracts from 1863. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html: '''
 
<gallery>
File:Weymouth&HopeBreweries_OS1863.jpg
File:Weymouth&HopeBreweries2_OS1863.jpg
</gallery>
 
[[Category:Cornwall]]
[[Category:Dorset]]

Latest revision as of 18:41, 28 October 2021

Extra Stout
K Bitter Ale
1948
1969
Coeur De Lion, Bath
DevenishTurksHead.JPG

Devenish & Co. Ltd, Hope Square, Weymouth, Dorset

Devenish & Co. Ltd, Chapel Street, Redruth, Cornwall

It is thought that brewing has taken place on this site since the 13th century. The current enterprise was founded in 1742 by the Fowler and Flew families, and acquired by William Devenish in 1824. Registered in 1889 as J A Devenish & Co Ltd and name was changed as above 1965.

330 tied houses. Brewing ceased at Weymouth in November 1985 and was concentrated at Redruth as the Redruth Brewery (1742) Ltd. The company closed the Redruth brewery (which became independent) in 1991, and became a retail pub company. The tied house estate was acquired by Greenall Whitley & Co. Ltd in 1993.


Courtesy Paul Hathaway:

Weymouth Harbour with Groves and Devenish.JPG

Weymouth Harbour, taken from a ship on the east side of the Harbour looking towards towards Hope Square and the Devenish and Groves Breweries. Hope Square is to the rear of the buildings in the dead centre of the picture. The white building on the right of the is the Old Rooms Inn, while the building with the two cream porticos is the Cove Inn, both now closed. The Old Rooms was one of the last pubs to be gas lit.


Various views of the Weymouth brewery

  • Devenish 02.jpg
  • Devenish 05.jpg
  • Devenish 06.jpg
  • Devenish 07.jpg
  • Devenish 08.jpg
  • Devenish 09.jpg
  • Devenish 11.jpg
  • Devenish 12.jpg
  • Devenish 14.jpg
  • Devenish 15.jpg
  • Devenish 16.jpg
  • Devenish 17.jpg
  • Devenish 18.jpg
  • Devenish 19.jpg
  • Devenish 20.jpg
  • Devenish 21.jpg
  • Devenish 22.jpg
  • Devenish 24.jpg
  • One of the sixty year old Lancashire boilers being scrapped. Manufactured by Galloways of Manchester. Courtesy Geoff Martin.

    One of the sixty year old Lancashire boilers being scrapped. Manufactured by Galloways of Manchester. Courtesy Geoff Martin.

  • Delivery of a new package boiler. Parked in Hope Square waiting to be winched into position. The wall at the back of the photo, opposite the front of the brewery, was the coal bunker. Courtesy Geoff Martin.

    Delivery of a new package boiler. Parked in Hope Square waiting to be winched into position. The wall at the back of the photo, opposite the front of the brewery, was the coal bunker. Courtesy Geoff Martin.

  • Installation in 1963 of John Thompson Multipac boilers from Glasgow. The boiler room, clean and freshly painted, very different from the solid fuel grime. Courtesy Geoff Martin.

    Installation in 1963 of John Thompson Multipac boilers from Glasgow. The boiler room, clean and freshly painted, very different from the solid fuel grime. Courtesy Geoff Martin.

  • 1990

    1990


The BHS explored the surviving buildings of the former Devenish and Groves breweries in October 2021

  • View over harbour

    View over harbour

  • Devenish

    Devenish

  • Devenish

    Devenish

  • Groves 1904 Brewhouse

    Groves 1904 Brewhouse

  • Devenish

    Devenish

  • Rear of Groves

    Rear of Groves

  • Devenish Coal & Hops Stores

    Devenish Coal & Hops Stores

  • Devenish stables

    Devenish stables

  • Devenish stables

    Devenish stables

  • Devenish stables

    Devenish stables

  • Malthouse No.3

    Malthouse No.3

  • Malthouse No.3

    Malthouse No.3

  • Malthouse No.3

    Malthouse No.3

  • Groves Malthouse

    Groves Malthouse

  • Groves Malthouse

    Groves Malthouse

  • Groves Ale Store

    Groves Ale Store

  • Rear of Groves

    Rear of Groves

  • Rear of Groves

    Rear of Groves

  • Rear of Groves

    Rear of Groves

  • Rear of Groves

    Rear of Groves

  • Rear of Groves

    Rear of Groves

  • Rear of Groves

    Rear of Groves

  • Groves chimney

    Groves chimney

  • Malthouse No.2

    Malthouse No.2

  • Malthouse No.2

    Malthouse No.2

  • Devenish chimney base

    Devenish chimney base

  • Devenish chimney base

    Devenish chimney base


The Redruth Brewery in 1977. Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Devenish Redruth brewery 7.10.1977.jpg
  • Devenish Redruth 7 .10.1977.jpg
  • Devenish Redruth 7 Oct 1977.JPG


Labels, advertising, etc

  • Devenish zx.jpg
  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Devonish playing card.jpg
  • Devenish Falmouth and Truro strap.jpg
  • Devenish Nourishing Invalid Stout.jpg
  • Devenish Oatmeal Stout.jpg
  • Devenish Special Mild Ale.jpg
  • Devenish Special Stout - blue.jpg


Ordnance Survey map extracts from 1863. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html:

  • Weymouth&HopeBreweries OS1863.jpg
  • Weymouth&HopeBreweries2 OS1863.jpg
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