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The Brewery Tap was situated at 3 Shirburn Street and is now used as commercial premises, housing David Parker Architects. It is a grade-II listed building. This Brakspears pub was run by the Lowe family from the early 20th century until the 1970s when it was taken over by Les Nixey.

Listed building details:

Inn, now public house. Early OS. Front of knapped flint with brick quoins and dressings; brick and rendered rear. Gabled old tile roof; brick rear lateral stacks. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 6-window range. Gauged brick cambered arches over C20 door and late C19 door with overlight. Similar ground-floor window arches altered by insertion of late C19 horned sashes. Flat brick arches over first-floor windows, including four C18 cross windows with C20 opening lights. Chequer brick storey band; moulded wood cornice; 3 gabled roof dormers with leaded casements. C18 rear outshuts. Interior: timber-stud partition to left; chamfered bressumer over open fireplace to left. Mostly C20 interior, with probably original roof structure. Subsidiary features: carriageway and 2-storey right angle brewhouse/ stable range attached to left: Flemish bond brick with flared headers, gabled old and C20 tile roof, brick left end stack. C19 plank door and 3-light leaded casement to brewhouse left of carriageway: stable range to rear has segmental arches over C20 doors, loft openings and plank loft door, and timber lintel over cartshed entry; queen-post roof with clasped purlins.

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