Felinfoel Brewery

Felinfoel Brewery is a historically significant group of buildings that create a picturesque roadside scene. The structure consists of two taller sections with hip roofs connected by a lower middle section. It exemplifies the functional design needed for efficient industrial brewing, showcasing features like height and ventilation.

The buildings are constructed from local sandstone, featuring ashlar quoins and yellow brick trim around the openings. The roofs are covered in slate with tile ridges and hips. The first section, referred to as block (a), has rock-faced stonework laid in an irregular pattern and includes two string courses made of yellow bricks. It originally had large ventilators on the top storey, which are now closed, with brick dressings around the jambs and stone sills. There are four ventilators on the front and rear, and three on the north elevation. The windows below these ventilators have semicircular or three-centred arch heads made of three rings of brickwork and stone sills. Where the windows are not boarded or bricked up, they feature mullion and transom frames, while those that are walled up may have originally served as ventilators.

The later sections of the brewery group, known as blocks (b), (c), and (d), display randomly coursed axe-dressed masonry. Block (b) also has closed ventilators at the top and round-headed windows, some of which have been replaced, while original windows remain on the west side. The arches here are semicircular, with stone keys and springers. The lower opening of this taller section includes a boarded loading-bay door. Block (c) has less regular quoins and window heads with cambered flat arches, along with a white hoist shaft on the south face. In block (d), the openings are walled up, featuring four round-headed arches beneath a cambered arch at the gable's apex. Prominent name boards for the Brewery are displayed, with the main one located on the low middle section facing the road.

The interior includes timber construction supported by iron columns, and there are notable gallery balustrades. However, excise regulations have limited full inspection of the interior.