Seven Dials Warehouse

This is a mid-19th century former brewery building located on a narrow, wedge-shaped site at 27-33 Shelton Street and 42-54 Earlham Street. The designer is unknown. The building is constructed of yellow stock brick with granite dressings, and the roof is not visible. It comprises five storeys, with a granite plinth, a granite impost band, a brick cornice, and a parapet.

The east front is narrow, featuring three windows, and has a large central doorway with a pedimented surround; a gas lamp bracket remains in the centre. The longer side elevations exhibit a variety of window openings, generally with sash windows, some of which have been enlarged but retain their brick arches. The south elevation retains a loading bay with a crane hoist, and both side elevations feature large granite-lined door surrounds as well as smaller openings.

The basement, now occupied by the Belgo Restaurant, retains cast iron columns, a jack-arched roof, barrel-vaulted cellars to the east, and a stone-paved floor. Further cast iron columns remain within the retail space on the upper levels.

This building was part of the former Combe's Brewery, established in the early 18th century and expanding significantly in the mid-19th century and becoming London's fourth-largest brewery by the 1880s. It merged with Watney's in 1898 and was vacated by them in 1905. According to an 1888 Goad Insurance Plan, this building served as the brewery's cooling and fermenting section, and was connected to neighbouring buildings via bridges at upper levels; discussions about these bridges began in 1861, likely establishing a terminus ante quem for the building's construction. Subsequent to 1905, it was used as a stationers' warehouse.

Despite some alterations, the building retains a pronounced industrial character, marking an unusual survival in inner central London. It has strong group value with other listed brewery buildings across the boundary in the City of Westminster.