Former Stables At Truman'S Brewery

Former stable block to Truman's Brewery, built in 1837 by J Davison, a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and subsequently adapted as a boiler house. The building now serves a variety of functions, including offices and a music hall. Constructed of stock brick, the stable block exhibits a rectangular composition to the front, extended to the rear when the stables were replaced by a boiler house and a chimney was added between 1929 and 1930. The front facade facing Brick Lane consists of 16 bays over three storeys. Each bay features one round-arched metal casement window and one round window enclosed within an arcade surround, with a ground-floor plinth and a second-floor band at impost level. A heavy cornice and frieze lead to a central aediculed pediment surmounted by a black eagle, which gave the brewery its traditional name. The return elevation to Buxton Street also exhibits metal casements in arcaded surrounds, with some renewed brick heads. Internally, a fireproof iron floor construction remains, most complete at the southern end. The north return elevation is located on Buxton Street. The building forms part of a group with other buildings associated with Black Eagle Brewery on both sides of Brick Lane.