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Home Brewery: putti frieze

Summary

Type Sculpture

Three designs repeated in an ABCABCABCABC / CBACBACBACBA pattern on the side of the former brewery (it is now Nottinghamshire County Council Education Department / Social Services Department). The reliefs are in a 2:3 proportion and are white casts. A: drinking table; B: barrel; C: stirring- all allegories of the brewing process. The decorative ironwork gates are contemporaneous. Photos with PM? The Brewery company was first established in 1877, taking its name from the nearby Bestwood Home Farm. The present building dates from 1936. The central brick tower has its original illuminated advertisement, reused for the present owners.1

Related works : Brass panels on doors?

Contributor details

Contributor Role
Doman, Charles Sculptor

Element details

Part of work Material Dimensions
each relief panel white casts(?) (?) 2x3 proportions

PMSA recording information

Reference Region
SB0036 NM
General condition Good
Surface condition
  • No damage
Structural condition
  • None
Vandalism
  • None
Road Mansfield Rd A60/Sir John Robinson Way
Precise location Building fronts Mansfield Rd but main entrance is at the rear, from car park opposite Sainsburys supermarket.
A-Z ref 161E4
OS ref SK579451
Date of design 1930s
Year of unveiling 1936
Unveiling details None
Commissioned by Home Brewery Co Ltd
Duty of care Nottinghamshire County Council
Listing status I
At risk? No known risk

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