Name/Title
Anglo Bavarian Brewery Shepton Mallet Brass CollarEntry/Object ID
2025.1.400Description
Anglo Bavarian Brewery Shepton Mallet Beer Barrel Brass collarContext
Anglo-Bavarian Brewery Co. Ltd, Commercial Road, Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
Erected 1864 as the Shepton Mallet Pale Ale Brewery by William Clarke of the Red Lion Brewery in Town Street. Bought by Garton & Co. of Southampton 1870 and substantially rebuilt to brew lighter ales.
The word "Bavarian" was dropped from the title during the First World War. Company wound-up 1922 and estate sold to Cheltenham Original Brewery Co. Ltd. and Arnold, Perrett & Co. Ltd.
Recommenced on a smaller scale in 1935 to supply the domestic trade and finally ceased in September 1939.Acquisition
Accession
2025.1Source or Donor
Gordon DempsterAcquisition Method
Transfer