Buildings In Marston'S Yard To Rear Of Numbers 183 And 184

Former Thompson’s Brewery. Dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, this is a complex of red-brick buildings with slate roofs, arranged around three sides of a cobbled brewery yard, and extending from the rear of numbers 183 and 184 of Horninglow Street. One range extends from the rear of No. 184, and features five windows on the front. Steps lead up to a plank door on the first floor, with two ground-floor doors to the left, one centrally positioned, all with cambered heads. First-floor casement windows are set beneath timber lintels. A brewhouse to the right has a double plank door to the left, while a central first-floor door is flanked by windows on either side; three ground-floor windows are blocked. A ridge ventilator is present. A single-storey range, set at right angles, features two cast-iron multi-pane casements and a 20th-century door to the left. A carriage arch leads to a return range on the right, which has two windows on each of two floors, flanking a central door with internal steps.

A second building, also dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, is a former brewery building in what was originally Thompson’s Brewery Yard. It is red brick, two storeys high, with four casement windows. A plain doorway with a flight of wooden steps descends to the yard; a plain, segmental, headed doorway is also present at ground storey level. Projecting eaves feature a boarded soffit, and the roof is tiled. A slightly lower bay on the left-hand side incorporates a plain doorway and an inserted sash window at ground storey level. The interior lacks significant features. Although unremarkable, the building remains little altered and contributes to the survival of one of the last early merchant brewers’ yards in the area.