The brewery and tap room: The brewery and tap room (visitors centre) is in what used to be a primary school in Saundersfoot Pembrokeshire. The school was opened in 1870 and known as the British School, it was a primary school with the youngest in the main building and older children in external classrooms at the rear of the school and across the road (now a doctors surgery car park). In 1973 a new school was built in Saundersfoot and the building was used as a community site for play groups etc. The building was closed in 2006. We took on the building early this year (2014) and have set about renovating the vandalised building and setting up the brewery and Tap room (see gallery). History of the original brewery: The original Brewery Tap was part of the fairly extensive Saundersfoot Brewery which was established in the 1840's by Thomas Stephenson. The brewery suffered a structural collapse in 1852 as a result of foundations being undermined by workmen trying to excavate a series of cellars. Many folk and local press described the business as an 'ale and porter brewery with small steam engine, malthouse and granary'. The introduction of the Tap more than cleared the whole of the working expenses. The premises was rebuilt and taken over by Benjamin Thomas, a local tradesman who was involved in a couple of other local pubs. There was an incident in the 1860's when the Drunken Landlord Thomas refused admission to two police officers who were trying to arrest a female felon, he then assaulted both officers for good measure. He was then charged and had to pay either '5 17 shillings or 4 months imprisonment with hard labour. By 1886 Manageress Martha Pugh was running the Tap, but not the brewery(which presumably closed down soon before). The Tap eventually closed in the year 1891. Pubs in Saundersfoot: In 1820 there were no more than half a dozen houses and two hostelries in the centre of Saundersfoot. This soon changed as the little town of Saundersfoot entered a stage of rapid development brought about by the increase in coal-mining and other industrial activities. Saundersfoot soon became a busy coal port and an important cog in the British Brewing industry. The two hostelries mentioned earlier were the Wogan Arms and the Milford arms. Wogan arms was located on Wogan terrace and is thought to be the oldest building in Saundersfoot and was named after the Pembrokeshire family of landowners, the Wogans. The inn eventually closed in 1891 but was soon redeveloped as a guest house.