Brewhouse, Home Farm, Uppark

This is a late 18th-century brewhouse, with later 20th-century rebuilding at its northern end. It is part of Home Farm at Uppark.

The building is constructed primarily of brown and grey brick, with most of the exterior surfaces now rendered and covered by a clay tile roof. The plan is L-shaped, with the brewery wing and cellar extending east-west to the north and a north-south wing of smaller rooms, including the remains of a bakery, which originally had separate entrances on the east side.

The principal, east-facing elevation is brick built, with a plinth and moulded cornice (now mainly rendered). It is single storey with a hipped roof and features six regular window bays with three-over-six sash windows, and four bays with panelled timber doors, all with straight heads. The north elevation is also rendered above a brick plinth. It has a pair of planked timber doors on the east side and a large, louvered window opening on the west.

To the west, the building is constructed of mixed brick, predominantly in English bond, above a continuous plinth. A tall, infilled opening has timber boarding above and below a large, fifteen-pane window. The roof above is half-hipped. The return of the brewery wing has a small, later window opening, and further south is an entrance under a flat arch. The main roof has a tall brick stack and a smaller stack on the western pitch. The south elevation mirrors the west, incorporating one window opening under a brick cornice.

The interior is divided into two main sections – the original brewhouse at the north end and the bakehouse and associated rooms to the south. A large circular brick hearth, approximately 2 metres in diameter, is located against the partition wall, extending partially into the southern section. It contains a stokehole, a projecting loading bay at its base, and the remains of a circular "chamber" above. The exposed roof structure at the northern end shows bare brick walls. The floor is modern tiled, with a timber panel covering a cellar below. The southern portion, originally accessed through entrances on the east side, is now entered from the west. At the south end, now partitioned into two sections, the ceiling has been raised, and the south wall shows evidence of a former first floor, including the remains of a staircase that led to the upper level. The north end of this space contains a partition wall with back-to-back fireplaces, followed by a room that houses the remains of a substantial bread oven (boarded over) and the brick base for a copper.