Greene King Main Brewhouse Brewery Yard

The Greene King Main Brewhouse, located in the Brewery Yard on Westgate Street in Bury St Edmunds, is a notable building that opened in January 1939. This six-storey structure is designed in the Art Deco style, constructed from red brick with stone dressings and features a flat roof with a parapet.

The exterior showcases banded brick rustication at the ground level, which is topped by a heavy stone band. The ground floor has four rectangular windows set in deep reveals. Above, the front elevation features a series of five windows that extend the full height of the building, arranged in a pattern of 1:3:1, with the center section slightly projecting. The outer two windows are narrow and rectangular with plain reveals, while the three central windows are semicircular headed, set within double-arched reveals. Throughout the building, small-paned cast-iron louvred window frames are used.

The main block of the brewhouse rises an additional storey above the front, displaying a row of rectangular windows in shallow reveals. The entrance features double six-panelled doors that are recessed within a heavy rectangular stone doorcase, accessed by steps.

Inside, the brewhouse retains most of its original brewing machinery, supported by heavy ironwork from Robert Boby & Sons of Bury St Edmunds. This building is one of the few brewhouses constructed during the interwar period and is recognized for its impressive design.