The chimney shown here belongs to King's Gravel End Brewery and emerges from the roof of the main brewery building. The brewery was run by William, J K King's son by his first marriage. It was William's son, Ernest who started his own seed business (E W King) when he was refused a job with his grandfather's firm.
The last brewer was Stanley J King and he stopped brewing and sold off his public houses to Messrs Daniel and Sons, brewers of West Bergholt, in December 1907. Apparently this purchase and the need to refurbish most of King's tied houses which were in a very rundown condition left Daniels unable to pay its usual dividend and this led to the resignation of its chairman.
In Coggeshall the old brewery buildings and the site were bought by John K King (the seedsmen). The chimney was taken down and the brewing equipment cleared. The building continued to be used as a warehouse and survived until the site was cleared in the late 1980's. There was a second much taller chimney on the site, not visible here, which belonged to the old silk factory.
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