Jj Murphy And Sons Limited

This is a brewery, later used as a chemical factory, built in 1881. It is constructed of red brick with terracotta and ashlar dressings, and has plain tile roofs with ornate ridge tiles and finials. The building stands on a chamfered blue brick plinth, with a major cornice and eaves cornice. The main front has 10 bays arranged as a 3:4:3 configuration. A central five-storey brewing tower features a central round-arched cart entrance with a moulded arch, imposts, a bracket keystone, and matching brackets supporting a cornice. The tower has windows on each side, linked to those above by recessed panels with segmental heads and keystones. Above these are four windows, followed by another set of four windows with segmental heads and keystones. Above that is a central round-headed window with a terracotta surround, set within an ornate gable. Flanking this are smaller windows. The tower is topped by a square, louvred lantern with a leaded ogee roof. To the left is a slightly lower five-storey block with paired segment-headed windows on the ground floor, and then three larger windows above, all with keystones. Further up are three windows and then three windows divided by stone mullions into cross casements with pediments. Above these are three flat-headed, three-light windows. This block has a hipped roof topped with a square, louvred ventilator. At the rear is a four-storey range with a half-hipped roof, and in the return angle, an ornate wooden hoist tower. To the left of this is a single-storey block with paired segment-arched windows and a hipped roof topped with a square, louvred lantern. To the right is the engine house, two storeys high, with a hipped roof topped by a square, louvred lantern. Two bays to the right, under a pediment, have flat-headed windows on the ground floor and segment-arched windows with keystones above. A single bay to the left features similar fenestration. Further to the right is a chimney stack with a square base, two storeys high, featuring blind panels topped by moulded imposts and round arches with keystones. Above this is a tall octagonal chimney with a moulded base and iron reinforcing straps. The interior retains the original brewery layout but almost none of the original brewery fittings remain. Initially Hutchinson’s Prince of Wales Brewery, it was bought by the Home Brewery Co. Ltd in 1916, and later by Murphy's Ltd in 1921.