Business: James Hope
Location: Annan
Type: Brewery
The New Brewery (whether this was its official name is speculative) was built by James Hope in 1837 at a cost of £5,000 (just under £0.5m in today's money) next door to the Annan Brewery, where James had previously been part of the partnership of Gass & Hope.
When James was declared bankrupt in 1841 the brewery was offered for sale or to let, and was described as comprising "brew-house, steam engine, cast-iron mash tun, malt kiln, granaries, cellarings, stables, etc.; also an excellent dwelling house".
It was re-offered for sale several times, and was variously used as a depot for the Caledonian Railway Co, a bacon curing factory, and finally as a tannery.
Scaurbank House (the excellent dwelling house referred to above) still survives, as does the entrance to the brewery grounds.
Active: 1837 - 1841
Address: Port Street
Status: Demolished
Current Use: Housing
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Books and periodicals
Anon. Important to brewers and maltsters. Carlisle Journal, 30th October, 1841.
Anon. Extensive premises for a brewery or other purpose, for sale. Glasgow Herald, 17th October, 1860.
