Former Cromwell Brewery

Former Cromwell Brewery, painted stucco with slate flat-eaved roof and very small brick left end stack. Large three-storey, six-bay range with stucco quoins and tooled stone plinth in large blocks. Four-pane sash windows, shorter on upper floor. Doorways with steps from street in first and fourth bays from left. The left doorway and a small tilting window to its left are not aligned with windows above. Right door has overlight. Sixth bay has very large former entry to brewery yard with giant pilasters, entablature with modillion cornice cutting across first floor right window. Doorcase is higher than required as within the ceiling is sloped down to main floor level. Two very large boarded gates with tops ramped down to centre meeting. Heavy iron hinges, iron studding and diagonally-crossed strengthening braces. Pedestrian door within one gate. Rear of five bays has C20 square upper windows, small gable over centre one, first floor centre window, timber lintel on throughway to left, and a former cart entry to right, with brick cambered head and keystone with incised 1922 date. Lean-to to rear right in angle to long SE rear wing. This backs onto Long Entry car park, the back wall roughcast with outlines to suggest that the wall has been raised on much older original, with two corbels. The side to brewery yard is much altered with C20 windows.

Ground floor, now cafe, has two late C19 iron columns supporting an axial beam. On rear wall is a medieval pointed doorway, raised some 3' above floor level, presumably relating to a lost medieval building behind. Grey stone, chamfered. Left end wall, of rubble stone has blocked arched doorway with stone voussoirs.