Description

NEWARK ON TRENT

SK7953NE ALBERT STREET
619-1/8/3 (South East side)
14/07/83 Castle Brewery

GV II

Brewery, now disused and partially demolished. 1885-90. By
William Bradford for the brewers Caparn & Hankey. Brick, with
steel and cast iron internal structure, moulded brick
dressings and hipped and gabled plain tile roof. Enriched
Italianate style. Main tower, 5 storeys, 4x4 bays, has
pyramidal roof with 2 gabled dormers, topped with a pyramidal
roofed wooden lantern. On the first floor, a square oriel
window with 2 plain sashes, and to its right, 2 iron glazing
bar casements, all segment headed. Above, similar segment
headed casements and above them, round headed casements, all
set in 2 storey round headed recesses. Attic storey has 6
segment headed louvred openings. Round-headed main doorway,
under the oriel window, has 6-panel double door and blank
fanlight. To its right, 2 round headed iron casements. Lower 3
storey tower, to left, has a projecting central bay, 3
windows. 3 blanks and above them, segment headed and round
headed casements set in round headed arches. On the ground
floor, a blocked opening and to right, a carriage entrance.
Pyramidal roof, and lean-to roofs to the lower flanking bays.
Hipped 4 storey cross wing, behind the towers, has 2 gabled
dormers on each side. Left side has an off-centre wooden hoist
tower on brackets, and segment headed windows. 3 storey range
to rear, 7 windows, has glazing bar iron casements, those to
the second floor smaller, and cross casements on the ground
floor, all segment headed. Interior is without intermediate
floors or fittings. Wooden trussed roofs with iron bracing.
Cast iron cantilever stair in main tower.

Listing NGR: SK7982453573

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Castle Brewery at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26490650

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