The Somerset Brewery was at the top of St. Georges Street at the Swindon Road end, somewhere in the vacinity of the Wesley Chapel. It could have been located where the dance studio now stands which was prevously in use as the Saracen’s Club.
William Burge is listed as a brewer at the Somerset Brewery in 1883.
Robert Burge is recorded as the owner of the Somerset Brewery Inn in the two licensing returns books in 1891 and 1903. The leasehold of the property was taken by the Cheltenham Original Brewery. The Somerset Brewery was a licensed beer house with an annual rateable value of £29.15s.0d.
Landlords at the Somerset Brewery Inn include:
1870,1883 William Burge – listed as a brewer in 1883
1891 Francis Charles Cotton
1903 William Edkins Bromley