GOLDEN FLEECE Avon Buildings, Lower Bristol Road
In 1901 the King famliy put the Golden
Fleece up for auction, it was sold to Berryman & Burnell Ltd., the Charlton Brewery,
Shepton Mallet for the sum of £4,200. What follows is a schedule of the brewing
plant, trade fixtures, fittings, stock in trade and other effects dated July 20th
1901.
BREWERY.
The brewing copper with masonry and settings as fixed
Pair of 12 steps
and deal staging to copper
Copper wort pump and pipe to underback
Deal cover in two
parts for copper
Oval oak wash tun with iron girders and woodwork supporting same,
with large metal tap and wooden false bottom
Underback with copper well
Cooler No.1
with three iron girders carrying same and two metal taps
‘Lawrences’ 3 barrel refrigerator
with inlet supply pipe and tap from main and the outlet pipe, with short length of
rubber pipe to drain
Copper bottom hop strainer
Barm back with horsing for same
Khive
tub and 5 brewing utensils
10 foot length of 1¼ inch rubber hose
Collecting and fermenting
vessel No.1 with outlet tap and horsing as fixed
Collecting and fermenting vessel
No.2 with outlet tap and horsing as fixed
Copper brewing thermometer
Two gas brackets
Towel
roller
Iron screw hop press
Jenny wheel and chain
The matchboard partition with door
and cover forming hop room
SPIRIT STORE.
Horsing for spirit casks
7 long nozzle wine
taps
Saccharometer in mahogany case and back
Hydrometer in mahogany case
Tin filling
can and funnel
Sample glass
FRONT CELLAR.
Sundry cellar tools
Horsing
Three tier shelves
Extra
engine taps
Copper wort pump
BEER CELLAR.
Double gas bracket
Frame cask horsing
Horsing
to 7 store pieces
Pair of 8 tread steps
Length of rubber hose, and union for filling
store pieces
Seive and sundry cellar tools
Storepiece No.1, 1200 gallons
Storepiece
No.2, 693 gallons
Storepiece No.3, 360 gallons
Storepiece No.4, 380 gallons
Storepiece
No.5, 500 gallons
Storepiece No.6, 360 gallons
Storepiece No.7, 160 gallons
Storepiece
No.8, 650 gallons
YARD.
Cold liquor pump as fixed
Sundry tubs
X table
Not required by
the new owners, the brewing plant at the Golden Fleece was sold at auction on 4th
March 1902, and fetched a total of £32 : 8s : 2d
BAR.
6 motion beer engine with piping
and taps to cellars
The mahogany top painted oak panelled counter with return ends,
door and flap and iron foot rails as fixed
The stained glass sash with panelled door
and partition forming jug & bottle entrance
The formation of the spirit shelves with
silvered glass panels at back
The painted and glazed dwarf partition with door in
front of counter as fitted with a mahogany seat on either side
Two-light gas pendant
with two consumers
3 gas pendants with two consumers
The seating as fixed
Wire blind
as lettered and four brass guard bars
Three roller blinds and fittings
8 day dial
11
spitoons
Beer warmer and stand
Turned leg drinking table
Spring and strap to door
Patent
cork drawer
Set of six china spirit barrels with taps
Two engraved glass spirit barrels
with taps
Brass bound pewter drip
Set of 5 pewter spirit measures and funnels
Three
pewter beer measures and tin funnel
Barm board
All cups, glasses, measures and other
trade utensils
GLASS ROOM.
Linoleum as close laid and brass step plate
Gas fire as fitted
Chimney
glass in gilt frame
Brass gas pendant
Deal centre table with a cloth cover
12 elbow
smoking chairs
Stool
Curtain pole and fixings
Venetian blind
Wire blind as lettered
KITCHEN.
Oilcloth
as laid
Gas bracket
Portable American cooking stove as fixed
Towel roller
FRONT SITTING
ROOM.
Curtain pole and fixings
Venetian blinds
Bordered Brussels carpet
Gas bracket and
globe
Gas fire and fixings
BATHROOM AND LANDING.
Oilcloth as close laid
Oil baize to
two flights of stairs
Two gas brackets
Towel rail
Painted hanging cupboard
BACK BEDROOM.
Oilcloth
as laid
Gas bracket
Roller blind
SPARE BEDROOM.
Oilcloth as close laid
Two gas brackets
and one globe
Curtain pole and fixings
Venetian blind
Corner cupboard
TAP ROOM.
Venetian
blind
Oilcloth to top landing
Gas bracket
FRONT BEDROOM.
Linoleum as closed laid
Gas bracket
and globe
Venetian blind
What follows is the SPECIFICATION of work required to be done
in providing urinal and W.C. accommodation at the Golden Fleece Inn Twerton Bath,
for Messrs. Berryman Burnell & Co. Ltd. March 1902.
MASONS’ WORK ETC.
Floors ... Take
up the existing floors of passages, yard, and W.C., excavate the earth as may be
required, spread over the surface a coating of lime concrete 4 inches thick properly
consolidated and lay thereon to form the floor of urinal and W.C. With 2 inches thick
of cement concrete, comprised of one part by measure of White Bros. best London Portland
Cement and two thirds of washed coarse sand or gravel, properly graded for drainage
to the gulley traps. The floor of passage to be laid with the old paving.
Urinal
... Increase the width of opening of urinal and make good jamb and arch thereto.
Lay the gutters with 6 inch vitrified channel brick to empty into 6 inch gulley
traps with stoneware grating and properly connect same to existing drain. Cement
the back and ends of urinal and coat with pitch and applied whilst hot.
W.C. ... Take
out the existing W.C. Pan and appurtenances, and fit up W.C. with Farmiloe & Sons
No.4145 “Birta” wash down closets (price list 5/-) with strap complete, set in brickwork
and properly connected to existing drain. Provide and fix a two gallon syphon cistern
of approved quality fixed on iron brackets, with 1½ inch sewer pipe connected to
the cistern and pan. The cistern to be fitted with ½ inch overflow pipe to deliver
through walls. Put galvanised iron chain pull.
Cellar ... Build steps to cellar in
brickwork on a foundation of stone and mortar masonry and secure thereto two 5 inch
x 3 inch oak runners fitted with three ¾ inch iron screw bolts complete. Lay a 6
inch agricultural pipe drain across passage from cellar to bar in the same course
as the existing pipes, to take the new pipes from cellar to beer engine in bar. Raise
the existing doorway into cellar to a height of 5 feet 6 inches, insert lintel and
make good disturbed work.
CARPENTERS’ WORK ETC.
Roof ... Construct roof over the W.C.
and urinal as shown by the plan with 4½ inch x 3 inch wall plates, 3 inch x 2 inch
rebated and chamfered rafters to secure glass, with 6 inch x 3 inch cill to carry
framing for louvres. The rafters to upper part of roof to be of like dimensions
and to be lathed and plastered underneath. The lower part of roof to be glazed with
“Hartley’s” rolled plate glass ¼ inch thick. The upper part of roof to be covered
with best quality Bangor slates nailed to 1½ inch x ¾ inch red deal battens and flashed
with 4 lbs milled lead. The louvres to be of rough rolled plate glass 4 inches wide
let into grooves of studding. Put 4 inch cast iron guttering to eaves, fitted with
2 inch stack piping outlet and shoe complete to deliver over or into drain.
Doors
... Enclose the W.C. With 1 inch ledged door, fitted and hung to 4 inch x 3 inch
rebated and beaded frame. Put new 2 inch framed and ledged door, fitted and hung
to 4½ inch x 3 inch frame with T hinge and secured with two 9 inch barrel bolts and
strong hasp staple and padlock.
Seat etc ... Put new 1 inch deal shaped seat and riser
secured with screws to 3 inch x 2 inch bearers and fitted with 1 inch deal clamped
flap, hung with 2½ inch steel butts to 1 inch beaded framing. The end of urinal
to be formed with 4 inch x 3 inch oak post and 1 inch matched boarding secured to
1 inch ledge.
PLUMBERS’ WORK
Lay on the water to cistern in W.C. And urinal with ½
inch galvanised iron piping and fitted with stop tap. The urinal to be fitted with
1 inch copper pipe spreader and ½ inch regulating tap complete.
PAINTERS’ WORK.
The
whole of the woodwork to be knotted primed and painted three coats and the ironwork
also to be painted 3 coats. The whole to be finished in colours as directed.
Whitewashing
... Stop and properly limewash the walls of passage, yard, urinal and W.C.
GENERALLY.
The
work to be executed in an efficient manner with materials of the best description
of their respective kinds, and to the entire satisfaction of the architect.