20-633: Kent Town Brewery was a brewery in Kent Town , a suburb adjacent to the city of Adelaide on its eastern side, in South Australia . Its original name was Logue's Brewery , after its first proprietor. The brewery was founded on King William Street, Kent Town near First Creek in 1856 by Capt. Henry Spencer Crawford ( – 14 November 1861), and Edward Logue. Their partnership was dissolved in July 1857. Crawford appears to have been in charge of setting up
40-541: Is a large section of land known as "Dr Kent's Paddock", much of which is now part of Prince Alfred College grounds. The social housing known as "Dr Kent's Paddock Housing Complex", facing 3-57 Capper Street and 28-48 Rundle Street and comprising 114 homes, was designed by Newell Platten, Chief Architect at the SA Housing Trust , and built by the Housing Trust in two stages, the first in 1978–9 and
60-776: Is located on Dequetteville Terrace, the western boundary of the suburb. During the Adelaide Fringe festival, the world's second-largest annual arts festival , the bars and restaurants of Kent Town receive thousands of customers. The local Kent Town Hotel is popular. The suburb is serviced by the following main roads: Kent Town is serviced by buses run by the Adelaide Metro , including along Flinders Street, Dequetteville Terrace, The Parade West, and Rundle Street. 34°55′13″S 138°37′09″E / 34.920278°S 138.619167°E / -34.920278; 138.619167 Kent Town Brewery Kent Town Brewery
80-1066: The Adelaide Park Lands and Adelaide city centre . Other breweries operating in the late 1860s included: Kent Town, South Australia Kent Town is an inner suburb of Adelaide , South Australia . It is located in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters local government area. Kent Town was named for Benjamin Archer Kent (1808 – 25 November 1864), a medical practitioner of Walsall , Staffordshire, who emigrated to South Australia aboard Warrior , arriving in April 1840 with his wife Marjory Redman Kent, née Bonnar, and two children, Benjamin Andrew Kent, and Graham Eliza Kent, who in 1848 married Frederick Charles Bayer (died 15 August 1867). Hydraulic engineer C. A. Bayer and architect E. H. Bayer were sons. Another son, Tom,
100-702: The South Australian Heritage Register under the Heritage Places Act 1993 . The listing was confirmed on 19 November, after environment minister Susan Close backed the submission. The gardens include an old pepper tree . As of November 2023 , there are 20 state and local heritage-listed places in the Kent Town portion of Rundle Street. The 2016 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics measured
120-542: The builders. He also had nine workmen's cottages built at the rear of the premises by contractor Dickin. In 1888 the South Australian Brewing, Malting, and Wine and Spirit Company (later South Australian Brewing Company ) was formed to take over the assets of The Kent Town Brewery, West End Brewery and Rounsevell & Simms's wine and spirit business. The malt towers of the old Kent Town Brewery have now been turned into luxury apartments overlooking
140-463: The builders. He also had nine workmen's cottages built at the rear of the premises by contractor Dickin. In 1888 the South Australian Brewing, Malting, and Wine and Spirit Company (later South Australian Brewing Company ) was formed to take over the assets of The Kent Town Brewery, West End Brewery and Rounsevell & Simms's wine and spirit business. The malt towers of the old Kent Town Brewery have now been turned into luxury apartments overlooking
160-492: The building, into the culvert under King William Street, and one was drowned. The brewery was back in action early in 1863. Sometime around 1860 he took Edwin Thomas Smith on as a partner. Logue died in 1865; his will would be the subject of a legal dispute. Smith continued operating the business, which he renamed Kent Town Brewery, and two years later was its proprietor. The cellars were enlarged in 1868. Kent Town
180-426: The building, into the culvert under King William Street, and one was drowned. The brewery was back in action early in 1863. Sometime around 1860 he took Edwin Thomas Smith on as a partner. Logue died in 1865; his will would be the subject of a legal dispute. Smith continued operating the business, which he renamed Kent Town Brewery, and two years later was its proprietor. The cellars were enlarged in 1868. Kent Town
200-649: The population of Kent Town at 1,210 persons. By the 2021 Census, there were 1,443 persons recorded. They are predominantly male (56.7%), with a median age of 36. There were 303 families, with an average of 1.5 children per family. Around 43% of people aged 15 and above were tertiary-educated. People born in Australia accounted for 58.3%, with the next largest group (5.6%) born in England. More people (42.6%) had both parents born overseas than both in Australia (41.5%). Prince Alfred College , an independent school for boys
220-554: The process. The brewery was from the start known as "Logue's Brewery", he being both proprietor and brewer. Logue had earlier been involved in the Halifax Street Brewery as a financial partner in W. H. Clark & Co. In March 1862 the brewery and the adjacent house, occupied by Logue and his family, was destroyed by fire. This was followed in August by a flood, which swept two of his men, who were working to protect
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#1732779491282240-425: The process. The brewery was from the start known as "Logue's Brewery", he being both proprietor and brewer. Logue had earlier been involved in the Halifax Street Brewery as a financial partner in W. H. Clark & Co. In March 1862 the brewery and the adjacent house, occupied by Logue and his family, was destroyed by fire. This was followed in August by a flood, which swept two of his men, who were working to protect
260-540: The second in 1981. The medium-density complex includes a warehouse conversion of a former John Martin's warehouse built in 1912. According to a report by the SA Heritage Council released in 2022, the complex "is widely acknowledged as one of the best medium-density, cluster-housing urban infill developments built in South Australia during the late twentieth century". It is still owned by
280-505: The state government housing authority, now renamed Housing SA . The Australian Institute of Architects regards it as a good model of social housing, "designed with consideration of community, environmental performance, privacy and access to landscaped space". In early November 2023, after receiving 38 written submissions during the consultation period, the Heritage Council provisionally listed Dr Kent's Paddock Housing Complex in
300-445: Was a brewery in Kent Town , a suburb adjacent to the city of Adelaide on its eastern side, in South Australia . Its original name was Logue's Brewery , after its first proprietor. The brewery was founded on King William Street, Kent Town near First Creek in 1856 by Capt. Henry Spencer Crawford ( – 14 November 1861), and Edward Logue. Their partnership was dissolved in July 1857. Crawford appears to have been in charge of setting up
320-418: Was a kangaroo hunter, who went to live at the township of Yalata (now Fowlers Bay) on the west coast, and created a cluster of cottages named "Kent Town", which no longer exist. Kent established a flour mill and farm which failed financially and he was obliged to return to his profession to support his family. He sold his property at a handsome profit, repaid all his creditors and returned to England. He
340-399: Was subjected to another major flooding in July 1873, which did considerable damage to nearby properties, but apart from minor incursion into the cellars and some undercutting of the foundations the brewery was unaffected. Smith contracted Thomas English as architect for new premises, completed in 1876 at the nearby corner of Rundle Street and Dequetteville Terrace. Brown & Thompson were
360-399: Was subjected to another major flooding in July 1873, which did considerable damage to nearby properties, but apart from minor incursion into the cellars and some undercutting of the foundations the brewery was unaffected. Smith contracted Thomas English as architect for new premises, completed in 1876 at the nearby corner of Rundle Street and Dequetteville Terrace. Brown & Thompson were
380-485: Was the attendant physician when Edwin Thomas Smith was born in 1830. Smith later built his Kent Town Brewery on the site of the doctor's cottage. The Wesley Uniting Church was founded as the Jubilee Wesleyan Methodist church in 1864 by George P. Harris , John Colton , F. H. Faulding , and others. It has had a significant place in the life of South Australians for over 150 years. Kent Town
400-476: Was the location of two successive sites of the Kent Town Brewery , the second of which in 1888 became the malthouse for SA Brewing , now redeveloped into apartments. In the latter half of the 19th century, a tram network serviced Kent Town, with one branch running eastwards to Kensington Gardens . They transitioned from horse-drawn trams around 1909, and were all removed in the 1950s. There
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