Jj Murphy And Sons Limited

NOTTINGHAM

SK54SE ALPINE STREET, Basford 646-1/4/4 (North East side) 24/11/86 JJ Murphy & Sons Ltd

GV II

Formerly known as: Hutchinson's Prince of Wales Brewery ALPINE STREET. Brewery, later chemical factory. 1881. Red brick, with terracotta and ashlar dressings. Plain tile roofs with ornate ridge tiles and finials. Blue brick chamfered plinth, major cornice and eaves cornice. Windows are mainly segment-arched casements with glazing bars, renewed. EXTERIOR: main front 10 bays, arranged 3:4:3. Central brewing tower, 5 storeys, has a central round-arched cart entrance, 2 storeys. Moulded arch, imposts and bracket keystone, carrying a cornice with matching brackets at the ends. On each side, single windows, linked to those above by recessed panels with segmental heads and keystones. Above, 4 windows, and above again, 4 windows with segmental heads and keystones. Above again, a central round-headed window with terracotta surround, set in an ornate gable. On each side, smaller windows. Hipped roof topped by a square louvred lantern with leaded ogee roof. To left, a slightly lower block, 5 storeys, with 2 pairs of segment-headed windows to the ground floor and above, 3 larger windows, all with keystones. Above again, 3 windows, and above them, 3 windows divided by stone mullions into cross casements, with pediments. Above again, 3 flat-headed windows, 3-lights. Hipped roof topped with a square louvred ventilator with a small louvred gable. At the rear, a 4 storey range with half-hipped roof, and in the return angle, an ornate wooden hoist tower. To left again, a single storey block with 2 pairs of segment-arched windows. Hipped roof with square louvred lantern. To right, engine house, 2 storeys, with hipped roof topped by a square louvred lantern. 2 bays to right, under a pediment, have flat-headed windows to the ground floor and above, segment-arched windows with keystones. Single bay to left with similar fenestration. To right, a chimney stack with square base, 2 storeys, with blind panels topped by moulded imposts and round arches with keystones. Above, a tall octagonal chimney with moulded base and iron reinforcing straps. INTERIOR retains the original brewery layout, though almost none of the original brewery fittings survives. Originally Hutchinson's Prince of Wales Brewery, bought by the Home Brewery Co. Ltd in 1916, and to Murphy's Ltd. in 1921.

Listing NGR: SK5499342972