66 to 69, Crocker Street, Newport

Listed grade: Grade 2

Year listed: 1953

Description: The Office of the Brewery was the Manor House of Newport dating from the early C19, but it has been very much altered and added to. Adjoining it to the east, however is a contemporary malthouse somewhat similar
to the same Company's Malthouse facing the Quay in Sea Street and to another in the High Street at (West Cowes. The building is of 3 storeys,
grey headers with red brick dressings and a gable end tiled roof.
It has 9 window bays set in a blind arcade of grey header piers with stone imposts and round headed red brick arches, the centre one is broader and has a keystone. The 4 eastern bays contain 2 storeys of windows with ornamental cast iron grilles, rectangular on the ground floor,
semi-circular on the 1st floor. The other bays retain the 1st floor grille but have had sash windows inserted on the ground floor. Above the arches on the 2nd floor are later segment headed windows and a loft door over the centre arch. To the east is a slightly later block of 2 storeys in gault brick, the roof hidden behind a parapet and moulded rendered cornice. The front is articulated by 3 slightly recessed round headed bays containing 2 storeys of windows, divided by a block stone string course. The ground floor windows are rectangular with grilles, as on adjoining Malthouse, on the 1st floor recessed round headed with glazing bars, except in centre bay which has a large double loft door. To the east of this block is the entrance to the yard, at its northern end facing the Street a store and adjoining it to the east an office building which is about contemporary with the last 3 bays on the street. It is of 2 storeys gault brick with parapet, moulded cornice and frieze, a ground floor rendered cornice and frieze. Brick pilasters with rendered Doric capitals articulate the ground and 1st floors. 3 windows, recessed, sash glazing bars, block sills and flat brick arches. Central recessed double doors of 2 fielded panels, blind semi-circular fanlight and brick arch over. The store is late C19, 4 storeys in yellow brick with a full width red brick pediment with a bull's eye with red brick surround and keystones, red brick string courses to each floor. 4 windows with loft doors in centre, except on ground floor (the westernmost windows cut off by wing up to 3rd floor). The 3rd floor and ground floor windows are round headed with red brick arches, the 1st and 2nd floor windows have segmental red brick arches. The ground floor has a wide door to the west set in a red brick rusticated surround with elliptical arch and keystones.

(Details from https://historicengland.org.uk/)

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