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[[File:DaybrookHomeBrewery_OS1899.jpg|thumb|Home Brewery shown on an Ordnance Survey extract from 1899. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html]]
[[File:DaybrookHomeBrewery_OS1899.jpg|thumb|Home Brewery shown on an Ordnance Survey extract from 1899. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html]]
[[File:HomeBrewery_SirJohnRobinsonEvent2a_1906.jpg|thumb|A dinner for Home Brewery licensees to celebrate the knighthood of Sir John Robinson, 1906]]
[[Image: Home 7.jpg|thumb|1943]]
[[Image: Home 7.jpg|thumb|1943]]
[[Image:Home 6.jpg|thumb|1981]]
[[Image:Home 6.jpg|thumb|1981]]
[[Image: Home 8.jpg|thumb]]
[[Image: Home 8.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Home Brewery label 002.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Beer_-_Home_-_19510112_Notts_County.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Beer_-_Home_-_19510112_Notts_County.jpg|thumb]]
[[Image:Home Brewery Lorry 10.jpg|thumb]]
[[Image:Home Brewery Lorry 10.jpg|thumb]]
<big>'''Home Brewery Co. Ltd''', ''Mansfield Road, Daybrook, Nottinghamshire''</big>
<big>'''Home Brewery Co. Ltd''', ''Mansfield Road, Daybrook, Nottinghamshire''</big>


Registered in August 1890 to acquire the business formerly owned by John Robinson.  
Registered in August 1890 to acquire the business formerly owned by John Robinson.
 
Acquired by [[Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd]] in July 1986 with 447 public houses. it was an agreed takeover valued at £120m.
 
Brewery closed by Scottish Courage in 1996.


Acquired by [[Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd]] in July 1986 with 447 public houses. Brewery closed 1996.
Plans were drawn up in 1938 for the almost complete reconstruction of the brewery, including a new office building facing the Mansfield Road; the design was by Nottingham architect Cecil Howitt, who also designed many pubs for the brewery. Building began in 1938 but - due to the war - the central tower of the office block was not completed until the early 1950s. The two 12-bay wings of the offices carry a total of 24 delightful cast iron relief panels by the Nottingham architectural sculptor Charles Doman (1884-1944). They run in series between the ground and first floor windows, and were made by the Lion Foundry at Kirkintilloch. Three designs, depicting various aspects of the brewing process, are repeated, and are currently painted white on pale blue ground. The remainder of the Home Brewery site has been redeveloped, but the Mansfield Road block was converted to council offices. The building was listed, grade 2, in 1993: '''[[Home Brewery: Listed Building Details]]'''




'''[[List of Home Brewery pubs]]'''
* '''[[List of Home Brewery pubs in Derbyshire]]'''
* '''[[List of Home Brewery pubs in Leicestershire]]'''
* '''[[List of Home Brewery pubs in Lincolnshire]]'''
* '''[[List of Home Brewery pubs in Northamptonshire]]'''
* '''[[List of Home Brewery pubs in Nottinghamshire]]'''
* '''[[List of Home Brewery pubs in Yorkshire]]'''
* '''[[List of Home Brewery pubs previously owned]]'''




'''Views of the brewery:'''
'''Views of the brewery:'''
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Home 1.jpg|
Image:Home 1.jpg
Image: Home 2.jpg|
Image:Home 2.jpg
Image: Home 3.jpg|
Image:Home 3.jpg
Image: Home 4.jpg|
Image:Home 4.jpg
Image:Home 5.jpg|
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Image: Home 9.jpg|
Image:Home 9.jpg
Image: Home 10.jpg|
Image:Home 10.jpg
Home Brewery nottingham (6).jpg  
Home Brewery nottingham (6).jpg  
Home Brewery nottingham (4).jpg  
Home Brewery nottingham (4).jpg  
Home Brewery nottingham (3).jpg
Home Brewery nottingham (3).jpg
File:Home brewery at Nottingham 25.10.1994.jpg|The brewery in 1994. Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Home brewery Nottingham.jpg|The brewery in 1994. Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Home Nottingham 25 October 1994.jpg|The brewery in 1994. Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Home Brewery RD zxc (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Home Brewery RD zxc (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
</gallery>
</gallery>




The building was listed, grade 2, in 1993, and the following is the listing description:
'''The brewery in 2005:'''
 
<gallery>
'''Home Ales Brewery Offices and attached railing:'''
File:DaybrookHomeBrewery2005a_SP_Nov2005.jpg
 
File:DaybrookHomeBrewery2005b_SP_Nov2005.jpg
Brewery office building and water tower. 1936. Designed for Home Ales Brewery by T. Cecil Howitt. Steel framed with brick cladding with ashlar dressings. Main west front has central very large ashlar faced square arched lorry entrance, with ornate iron gates with gilded lettering either side are single panel doorways with octagonal bronze lamps above. Over the arch in raised lettering "HOME BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED". Above a large Diocletian window with brick mullions and metal framed casements. Above a very tall square tower, slightly battered with pairs of stripped pilaster buttresses on each face with a small pantile hood, above a tall brick parapet with ashlar coping. The side faces have raised lettering "HOME OF THE BEST ALES". Either side 12 bay flanking 2 storey office wings with a deep basement faced in ashlar. Above both floors have windows with metal frames set back with painted relief panels between, and flanked by plain brick piers and continuous ashlar cill band. Above a tall ashlar parapet with ashlar coping. Above a set back attic storey faced in ashlar with 4 metal frame windows to each side with banded ashlar parapet. At the front to the street a low brick wall with ashlar parapet with iron railings and piers.
File:DaybrookHomeBrewery2005c_SP_Nov2005.jpg
File:DaybrookHomeBrewery2005d_SP_Nov2005.jpg
File:DaybrookHomeBrewery2005e_SP_Nov2005.jpg
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File:DaybrookHomeBrewery2005h_SP_Nov2005.jpg
File:DaybrookHomeBrewery2005j_SP_Nov2005.jpg
File:DaybrookHomeBrewery2005k_SP_Nov2005.jpg
</gallery>
   
   


'''The brewery in 2008. Courtesy Ray Teece:'''
'''The brewery in 2008. Courtesy Ray Teece:'''
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:NottsDaybrookHomeLantern_RayTeece_May08.jpg
File:NottsDaybrookHomeLantern_RayTeece_May08.jpg
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</gallery>
</gallery>


 
'''From the collection of Chris Cooter'''
'''Selected pubs:'''
 
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:NottinghamSmithsArms71_SP_Feb2010.jpg|The former Smith's Arms, Radford Road, Nottingham
File:Home Brewery pump clips Chris Cooter (3).jpg
File:NottinghamCock&Hoop78_SP_May2013.jpg|Cock & Hoop, Nottingham
File:Home Brewery pump clips Chris Cooter (2).jpg
File:NottsNottinghamNagsHead04_SP_June13.jpg|Nags Head, Nottingham
File:Home Brewery pump clips Chris Cooter (1).jpg
File:NottinghamCrown60_SP_Sep2013.jpg|Crown, Nottingham
</gallery>
</gallery>




{{Trade Mark |regno = 410,812|desc=Man & Dog holding glass of ale.|date=20/12/1920|seventy=NO}}
{{Trade Mark |regno = 410,812|desc=Man & Dog holding glass of ale.|date=20/12/1920|seventy=NO}}
[[Category:Nottinghamshire]]

Revision as of 14:49, 15 January 2021

Home Brewery shown on an Ordnance Survey extract from 1899. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
A dinner for Home Brewery licensees to celebrate the knighthood of Sir John Robinson, 1906
1943
1981
Home 8.jpg
Home Brewery label 002.jpg
Beer - Home - 19510112 Notts County.jpg
Home Brewery Lorry 10.jpg

Home Brewery Co. Ltd, Mansfield Road, Daybrook, Nottinghamshire

Registered in August 1890 to acquire the business formerly owned by John Robinson.

Acquired by Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd in July 1986 with 447 public houses. it was an agreed takeover valued at £120m.

Brewery closed by Scottish Courage in 1996.

Plans were drawn up in 1938 for the almost complete reconstruction of the brewery, including a new office building facing the Mansfield Road; the design was by Nottingham architect Cecil Howitt, who also designed many pubs for the brewery. Building began in 1938 but - due to the war - the central tower of the office block was not completed until the early 1950s. The two 12-bay wings of the offices carry a total of 24 delightful cast iron relief panels by the Nottingham architectural sculptor Charles Doman (1884-1944). They run in series between the ground and first floor windows, and were made by the Lion Foundry at Kirkintilloch. Three designs, depicting various aspects of the brewing process, are repeated, and are currently painted white on pale blue ground. The remainder of the Home Brewery site has been redeveloped, but the Mansfield Road block was converted to council offices. The building was listed, grade 2, in 1993: Home Brewery: Listed Building Details



Views of the brewery:


The brewery in 2005:


The brewery in 2008. Courtesy Ray Teece:

From the collection of Chris Cooter


Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 410,812
Description  : Man & Dog holding glass of ale.
Date of Application  : 20/12/1920
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO