The maltings, Mortlake Brewery
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Barnes and Mortlake – Mortlake Brewery
1765 - The first mention of brewing in Mortlake describes two small adjacent breweries, in separate ownership, occupying between them about two acres
1811 - Mortlake’s two small breweries merge as a single business
1852 - The Mortlake brewery, after passing through several hands, is acquired by the Phillips family
1860s - Mortlake’s brewery becomes prosperous through contracts supplying beer (India Pale Ale) to the British army in India
1869 - Extensive acquisition of neighbouring properties gives the Mortlake brewery a huge river frontage, and the success of the enterprise is commemorated in the façade of a new building
1889 - The Phillips family sells the Mortlake brewery to Watney’s
1903 - An eight-storey riverside brick building, for use in the process of malting, is added to the ever-expanding Mortlake brewery
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