Former Brewhouse, Link Block, Pump House and Fire Engine House Range in the Service Yard at Wrest Park House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 2012. Former brewhouse. 9 related planning applications.

Former Brewhouse, Link Block, Pump House and Fire Engine House Range in the Service Yard at Wrest Park House

WRENN ID
woven-tower-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 2012
Type
Former brewhouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

The former brewhouse, link block, pump house and fire engine house range dates from the 18th century and is located within the service yard of Wrest Park House. The building is constructed of yellow brick with stone dressings and has slate coverings to its mansard and pitched roofs. It has an L-shaped plan and forms a semi-detached element of the service yard.

The exterior features a narrow, single-storey range with an open passage at its west end, providing access from the stable block and its courtyard into the service yard. This section links to a taller range with a mansard roof, now containing dormer windows. This section has a louvered lead-covered cupola and a tall side wall chimney. To the west of this is a narrow, two-storey section with multi-pane sash windows set beneath gauged brick heads on its north wall. Its end wall has two inserted sash windows at ground-floor level and shallow corner pilasters. Against the south wall is a modern, shallow, single-storey lean-to extension, above which are three tall multi-pane sash windows. There are other inserted window openings with metal frames and concrete lintels. The lean-to abuts the west wall of the wider mansard-roofed section, which has full-height double doors on its west wall and a lower, segmental-arched double doorway on its east elevation, facing onto the stable block courtyard.

The interior has been significantly altered with modern finishes and inserted partitions, and is now used for storage and office accommodation. There is no surviving equipment related to the former brewing and pumping functions.

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