Brewhouse at former Ind Coope Burton Brewery

The building is a brewhouse, constructed around 1856, with an addition from 1896 and subsequent alterations. It is built of red brick with a Welsh slate roof. The building forms an L-shape, though the angle of the L has been partially filled in with 20th-century additions that are not of architectural interest. The end of the range facing the Offices of Ind Coope Burton Brewery is the 1896 addition.

The front elevation has twin gables, one visible from the side. It is three stories high with an attic. Four bays are defined on the first and second floors by pilasters with moulded imposts and a round-headed arcade. Ground-floor windows have glazing bars under moulded, cambered heads; one window is now blocked with a door. The first-floor windows are large-pane metal casements with segmental heads and keyblocks. The third-floor windows are round-headed with radiating glazing bars. Gables above a frieze, each bearing the brewer's name, have two round-headed casements under terracotta panels. Slate plaques are positioned under segmental pediments topped with decorative iron vanes.

The brewhouse extends from the rear, connected by a linking bay. A presumed fermenting house is to the left, with a taller brewhouse to the right. The left-hand section has a ground-floor arcade of eleven round-headed arches, partially obscured by the 20th-century extension. It has three stories. Windows are large-pane metal casements with segmental heads, with those on the upper floor in tall recessed panels and blind in the lower part. The right-hand section has a two-span roof and is five stories high, with a seven-bay facade featuring mostly 20th-century casements. Glazed ridge lights and ventilators are present. Gables have blind round-headed panels and decorative iron vanes. A ground-floor arcade, similar to that on the left side, is found on the rear elevation. The linking block projects towards a tower on the right. The upper floor of the linking block features two large, tripartite, segmental-headed windows.

The tower has a water tank on top and is five stories high. It has three casements with cambered heads on each stage, closely spaced on the short sides and wider on the long face. Stone floor bands feature moulded brick dentils. The tank has a pyramidal tile roof with a ventilator.

The brewery was purchased by Ind Coope and Co. in 1856 while it was under construction for Mr. Middleton. It was the first brewhouse in Burton to be acquired by a firm of London brewers.