Building record 1160/0/254 - Frog Island Brewery

Also known as The Old Maltings.The Old Maltings in St James Road was built in 1888 for the Castle Brewery which was operated by Thomas Manning and Company Limited, and situated in Black Lion HIll. The building had two kilns and is thought to be the first to have a concrete floor. The brewery closed in about 1933.In 1994 the building became part of Frog Island microbrewery.

{1} Frog Island Brewery, in a malthouse built by Thomas Manning's Castle Brewery, founded 1878 and acquired by Phipps in 1933. The Castle brewery stood nearby on Black Lion Hill.

{2} Built 1887-8 by J Ingman & Son.

{3} The Old Maltings in St James Road was built in 1888 for the Castle Brewery which was operated by Thomas Manning and Company Limited, and situated in Black Lion HIll. The building had two kilns and is thought to be the first to have a concrete floor. The brewery closed in about 1933.

{4} In 1994 the building became part of a microbrewery - Frog Island Brewery.

{5} it is brick building of three storeys with eleven bays, except at the east end which housed two kilns, with distinctive pyramidal roofs. After the brewery had become a subsidiary of P Phipps & Co Ltd, it was used as a bonded warehouse.

<1> Pearson, L. & Anderson, R., 2010, Gazetteer of Operating Pre-1940 Breweries in England, p.31 (checked) (Gazetteer). SNN108378.

<2> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 482 (Book). SNN111989.

<3> Constable, S, 2012, Northampton April 2012; Walking into the Industrial Past, City Safaris, Accessed 15/11/2022 (Website). SNN114333.

<4> Anderson, L, 2010, Strategy for the Historic Industrial Environment: The Brewing Industry, p. 37 (Report). SNN110363.

<5> Perkins, P, Whittaker, R and Denton, A, 2022, A Guide to the Industrial Heritage of Northamptonshire, p. 69/Site 304 (Book). SNN113793.

<6> West Northamptonshire Council, 2024, Local Heritage List, November 2024, p. 28 (Report). SNN116732.

Record last edited

Mar 3 2025 3:57PM