Sarah Hughes
Sarah Hughes, Beacon Hotel, 129 Bilston Street, Sedgley, West Midlands.
The Beacon Hotel has a Victorian tower brewery at the rear, and it operated as a home-brew pub in the 19th century. In 1914, Sarah Hughes was brewing in Bilston: see Sarah Hughes (Bilston). Moved to the Beacon Hotel, Sedgley, after buying it at auction in 1920. A second home-brew pub, the Plume of Feathers, High Street, Dudley, was acquired in 1936.
Brewing ceased at the Beacon Hotel in 1958, but was recommenced by the family in 1987.
The Beacon Hotel is a Grade II listed building. View details of the Listing: Beacon Hotel - Listed Building
Images of the Sedgley brewery
Sarah Hughes Brewery in 1991:
BHS visit to Sarah Hughes in April 2007:
BHS visit to Sarah Hughes in May 2011: