Description

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SY 4692,
4/142

WEST BAY ROAD (West Side),
Bridport Old Brewery

G.V.

II

Established 1794; a former rain water head dated 1833 possibly refers to an extension of the brewery.
Hammer-dressed stone main block, with double-pitched thatch roof.
Coped gable ends with finials in form of barrels. 2 storeys and attics.
2 ranges of segment-headed windows with glazing bars, that on attic floor of south block round headed. South windows on north elevation.
Office block to south. Hammer-dressed stone. Hipped slate roof. 1 storey.
2 round arched windows with plain raised surrounds and vermiculated keystones,
1 more in south end. Door with semi-circular fanlight and similar surround.
Carriage entrance with 3 centred arch and rusticated voussoirs.
Further 1 storey extension to south. Red brick. Ashlar plinth, quoins, and
window dressings. Hipped slate roof. Red brick stack with ashlar cornicing.
1 storey. Moulded ashlar eaves cornice. Door up 4 steps with semi-circular
fanlight, plain raised surround and moulded imposts. 2 pairs of paired round
headed sashes, with sills on consoles, plain raised surrounds, moulded imposts
and dividing colonnettes.
Wall to garden at south. Hammer-dressed stone. Ramped upwards to door with
red brick surround, and ramped upwards at south end.
Arch between main block and west block on Skilling Hill Road side: 3-centred
with planked double doors.
West block is hammer-dressed stone. Pitched corrugated iron roof. 3 storeys,
taller at west end. 7 ranges of windows, barred on ground floor, casements
with glazing bars on 1st floor, and mullion and transom on 2nd floor. Rear
has various casements with glazing bars, irregularly placed, and large low
breast undershot water wheel with Poncelet-style blades (made by Helyear of Bridport in 1879 and driving
a 3-throw water pump). Tall red brick stack with ashlar cornicing at south-west
corner. The interior contains a vertical steam engine by Brown and May of
Devizes, which drives a water pump and works a sack hoist.

No. 2, all the Brewery Buildings, and Nos. 12 to 30 Fives Court Row form a group.

Listing NGR: SY4654092140

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26522542

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets