Staffordshire

Brewery

Town

Location

Description

Contributor

Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Co Ltd - High Street - Burton on Trent

Burton on Trent - Dallow Street/Victoria Crescent

former pub - Star Inn - now a cycle shop

Ancient painted sign over entrance - STAR INN - BASS - very feint.

TN 2003

Bents Brewery Co Ltd - New Brewery - Johnson Street - Liverpool & Stone

Newcastle under Lyme - Drayton Street

Sneyd Arms

Etched windows - SNEYD ARMS VAULTS - BENTS STONE STOUT - BENTS ALES & WINES

TN 2004

Bents Brewery Co Ltd - Liverpool & Stone

Stone - Christchurch Way

formerly Falcon Hotel now an Indian Restaurant

Stone tablet above first floor windows - FALCON HOTEL - WINELAND -BENTS ALES AND STONE STOUT.

TN 2003

William Butler & Co Ltd - Springfield Brewery - Wolverhampton

Rugeley - Upper Brook Street

Crown Hotel

Large stone tablet between first floor windows - CROWN HOTEL - BUTLER & Co Ld - FAMOUS ALES WOLVERHAMPTON.

TN 2003

Charrington & Co Ltd - Anchor Brewery, Mile End Road, London and Abbey Brewery, Burton on Trent

Burton on Trent - Lichfield Street

Leopard Inn

Stone sign along full length of frontage above second floor windows - CHARRINGTON’S FINE ALES. Two stone tablets on side of building, one above the other - LONDON STOUT - PALE & BURTON ALES. Pub has recently been fully refurbished and the stonework has been painted cream with gold lettering. The brewery was once adjacent to the pub.

TN 2005

Charles Hill & Sons Ltd - Lichfield Street - Burton on Trent

Burton on Trent - The Dingle - Stapenhill

Punch Bowl Inn

Stone and brick archway leading into garden at the rear of the inn - PUNCH BOWL INN - HILL & SON’S ALES incised into stone above gate.

AN 2004

John Joule & Sons Ltd - High Street - Stone

Stafford - Water Street

Nags Head

Large painted sign on back wall between first and second floor windows - JOULES STONE ALES, white lettering on green background.

TN 2003

John Joule & Sons Ltd - Stone

Stone - High Street

former brewery entrance, now Somerfield Supermarket

Stone arch with strap across top STONE BREWERY - door at side has Joules trademark cross and words OFFICES above.

TN 2003

John Joule & Sons Ltd - Stone

Stone - Newcastle Street

former ale stores

Painted lintel above roller shutter door STONE ALE STORES - JOHN JOULE & SONS - 1881 the design incorporates the cross trademark and Staffordshire Knott. Red lettering on a green background.

TN 2003

Lichfield Brewery Co Ltd - Upper St John Street - Lichfield

Abbot’s Bromley - 22 Bagot Street

former pub - Blacks Head- now a private residence

Painted sign at ground floor level - THE LICHFIELD BREWERY COS - ALES WINES & STOUT

TN 2004

Lichfield Brewery Co Ltd - Upper St John Street - Lichfield

Lichfield Brewery Co Ltd - Upper St John Street - Lichfield

former brewery building

Painted sign visible from station platform on wall of former brewery building - THE LICHFIELD BREWERY CO LIMITED - a stone set in the apex of building is dated 1858

TN 2005

Parker’s Burslem Brewery Co Ltd - Stoke on Trent

Stafford - Mill Street

former pub, now florist

Large painted sign on end wall at first floor level - PARKER’S CELEBRATED ALES.

TN 2003

Parker’s Burslem Brewery Co Ltd - Stoke on Trent

Stoke on Trent - Waterloo Road - Cobridge

The American

Bay window with two remaining etched panes - PARKER’S - AMERICAN HOTEL.

TN 2004

William Roberts Ltd - High Street - Brownhills

Brownhills - Church Road

The Shoulder of Mutton

Two bay windows with etched centre panes - ROBERT’S NOTED ALES with steam railway engine trademark.

TN 2005

Frederick Smith Ltd - Aston Model Brewery - 249/251 Lichfield Road - Aston - Birmingham

Tamworth - Lower Gungate

Globe Inn

Tastefully refurbished pub with fine set of original Frederick Smith etched windows

TN 2003

Worthington & Co Ltd - High Street Brewery - Burton on Trent

Burton on Trent - 50 Ashby Road

Waterloo

Large signs in brickwork on both sides of building show - WORTHINGTON - with modern - BASS signs added. Pub refurbished 2008, old signs covered by new Waterloo signs.

TN 2006

TN 2008

Worthington & Co Ltd - High Street Brewery - Burton on Trent

Burton on Trent - Uxbridge Street

Labourers Union

Two original etched windows at ground floor level - WORTHINTONS MILD ALES with sword in shield trade mark on one window and - WORTHINGTONS PALE ALES with Prince of Wales Feathers and motto - on the other.

TN 2004

Burton on Trent, Dallow Street 2 Burton on Trent, Dallow Street 12 Newcastle under Lyme, Drayton Street Stone, Christchurch Way Rugeley, Upper Brook Street Rugeley, Upper Brook Street 1
Burton on Trent, Lichfield Street 4
Burton on Trent, Stapenhill, The Dingle Stafford, Water Street Stone, High Street 1
Stone, Newcastle Street
Abbots Bromley, Bagot Street 4
Tamworth, Lower Gungate 4
Lichfield, Station 1 Lichfield, Upper St John Street 2 Stafford, Mill Street Brownhills, Church Street 3
Stoke on Trent, Cobridge, Waterloo Road 2
Tamworth, Lower Gungate 6
Burton on Trent, 50 Ashby Road 1
Burton on Trent, Uxbridge Street 3
Burton on Trent, Uxbridge Street 5 Burton on Trent, Uxbridge Street 4

Last updated 1st October 2008

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