NHER 40948 (Building record) - Former Bidwell's Brewery Warehouse, between 19 and 21 Old Market Street

Bidwell's Brewery building, later a bus garage and now affordable housing.

March 1971. Listed Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Bidwell's brewery warehouse, then bus depot, now commercial warehouse. Mid 19th-century. Flint with gault brick dressings. Roof of black-glazed pantiles. Two storeys. Facade of five arcaded bays rising full-height to parapet. Central bay is wider and contains double timber doors. Fenestration of lunette windows."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 09 October 2019. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 25 June 2020.

1993.
Former Bidwell's Brewery, now Thetford Glass Co and adjacent building. Once used as bus depot. 19th century flint with gault brick dressings and slate roofs. Five full-height arcaded bays over two storeys, and glazed pantile roof. Central bay wider with doors. Lunette windows, tripartite sashes at south-east mark offices.
Adjacent building (NHER 40947) is 3-4 storeys with arcade of five recessed bays to first and second floors, dentilled pediment to left two bays, two further storeys over other bays with two recessed arched, hipped roof with two malting louvres.
Inf. from 1993 listing, Grade II.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 1993. Information from (S2).
Previously recorded under NHER 5747.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 October 2019.

November 2004.
However a site visit showed that the pantile roof, gabled parallel with façade, remains only above the offices; remainder has Belfast truss roof of iron and corrugated sheeting. Side elevation to brewery yard, not mentioned in (S1), has eight full height blank arches outlined in gault brick. All have flint infill at the base and Fletton brickwork at the top, as if the upper sections were once open - the second and fourth from the right have only the apex of brick and the arch between them has a high level opening. The lower section of each arch blocking contains a circular window with brick quoined surround; one has been converted to a door. Three high level arched windows said to remain at rear.
Building derelict in 2004.
See (S3) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA) 23 November 2004.

September 2009.
The building has been converted into residential units. The exterior of the building remains unchanged.
See newspaper articles (S4) for further details.
H. White, (NLA), 23 September 2009.

See NHER 40947 for additional information on the history of Bidwell's Brewery.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 October 2019.