{"id":19203,"date":"2018-06-06T18:33:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T17:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=19203"},"modified":"2018-06-06T18:33:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T17:33:20","slug":"ihbcs-heritage-from-the-doorstep-walsalls-gii-former-highgate-brewery-back-up-for-sale-with-near-1m-price-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=19203","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Walsall\u2019s GII former Highgate Brewery back up for sale\u2026 with near \u00a31m price tag\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"website\"<\/a>The former Highgate Brewery, in Sandymount Road, Walsall, a Grade II listed building opened in 1898, is now being marketed with Birmingham-based property retailer Siddall Jones at \u00a3975,000 as it failed to sell at several auctions, The Express and Star<\/em> writes.<\/h3>\n

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The Express and Star<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

The brewery in Sandymount Road, Walsall, failed to sell with a guide price of \u00a3850,000 at a Villa Park auction in December 2016. The Grade II listed building, which opened in 1898, is now being marketed with Birmingham-based property retailer Siddall Jones at \u00a3975,000.<\/p>\n

The site provided Black Country folk and leather workers in the town with the famous brew Highgate Dark Mild. And at its peak, the brewery employed 65 workers \u2013 producing 100,000 barrels a year and providing its beer to more than 400 pubs and clubs across the region.<\/p>\n

Councillor Aftab Nawaz, who represents the St Matthew\u2019s Ward, can see site being converted into homes \u2013 but called on the building\u2019s heritage to be respected if redeveloped. He said: \u2018I hope someone will come forward and buy the brewery\u2026 It is an historic building and one would wish that the history and heritage of the building and local area would be maintained if it is redeveloped. We need to make sure the building is used and there is nothing worse than having these buildings left empty. I hope it does get sold and I\u2019m sure that the heritage of the building will be used. The fact that the brewery is not feasible as a brewery \u2013 it is not going to to go back to its original use. But I do hope and I expect whatever its developed into it respects the heritage of the building and area. I\u2019ve always supported respecting the heritage and history of Walsall. The way the building is makes it look like its almost made for flats \u2013 it\u2019s quite a big space and myself I can see apartments going there. I couldn\u2019t really see a business being there.\u2019<\/p>\n

The property comprises of a five storey, Grade II listed Victorian brewery of traditional brick construction with various out buildings to the outskirts of the site. The Friends of Highgate Brewery, which was launched to help save the preserve the site have previously called for a \u2018sympathetic development\u2019 on the site \u2013 reflecting the brewery\u2019s heritage and preserving its history. It closed in June 2010, with the loss of 22 jobs, and failed to sell at an auction two years later in 2012 before going under the hammer again with a \u00a3850,000 guide price in 2014. \u2026<\/p>\n

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