Heavitree Brewery Ltd
Heavitree Brewery Ltd, 16 Church Street, Heavitree, Exeter, Devon.
Founded in 1790.
Originally Wilcocks & Rewe, but in 1857 was noted in Billings Directory as Heavitree Brewery with Elizabeth Baker as brewer.
Registered in February 1890 to acquire E N Birkett.
The company decided to end brewing in 1970, the directors citing rising costs and a change of public taste - only 45% of the company's pubs took Heavitree beers at the time. After closure, the 135 tied houses were initially supplied by Whitbread.
The brewery was demolished in 1986.
The company retains a pub estate, most of which is in Devon.
BREWING TRADES REVIEW & BOTTLING, APRIL 1970
An assortment of views of the brewery.
The brewery in 1968.
The brewery in 1977
The Brewery in 1986.
The brewery in 1986.
The brewery in 1986.
Courtesy Roy Denison
Courtesy Roy Denison
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