148-154, ST JOHN STREET

This building on St John Street is a brewery building dating to 1893, designed by Bradford and Sons. It is constructed from sandstone, brick, and terracotta, with the roof hidden behind a parapet. The building is three and four storeys high, with a four-window frontage.

The ground floor is divided into four bays, marked by sandstone Doric antae, with modern shop fronts inserted between them. A cornice and sill band, seemingly made of reconstituted stone, run along the first-floor windows. The windows on the first and second floors are grouped into recessed panels, mirroring the design of The Canon Brewery Buildings. The first-floor windows are broad, flat-arched industrial windows, separated by stone mullions and featuring early 20th-century metal glazing. The second-floor windows follow a similar flat-arched design, with mullions made of sandstone and brick, and comparable glazing. Decorative terracotta panels are located between the first and second floors. Stone lintels are above the first-floor windows, and stone sills extend as bands through the brickwork. Stone imposts mark the segmental arches at the second-floor level. A moulded brick cornice tops the building, and it has a coped parapet. A small, third-floor extension, with a pitched roof, is located at the northern end.