Cannon Brewery - 148-176 St John Street, London
Cannon Brewery originated with brew house attached to the Unicorn Inn.
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| St John Street Entrance |
Beer is made from four basic ingredients: Barley, water, hops and
yeast. The basic idea is to extract the sugars from grains (usually barley) so
that the yeast can turn it into alcohol and CO2, creating beer. You can see the hops and barley carved into the capitals decorating the main door.
1764 (George III)
the brewery was acquired by Dickensons. The
additional money and know-how caused the Brewery to expand and was renamed St
John of Jerusalem. In 1818 retirement and bankruptcy brought the Dickensons brewery to an end and the building was sold at action.
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| Cannon Brewery Office Building |
The building
was seriously damaged during the Blitz but the brewery resumes production after
the war but closed in 1955. Remarkable oak doors from 1894 survived.
The oldest
surviving part of the building is the former Brewery Yard Offices behind the
old main entrance 1874-5 which include a large bracket clock. Carved barley and
hope decorate the capitals of the doorway, the theme continues inside with
coloured mosaic floor tiles of mostly brown and gold.
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| Floor tiles, Cannon Brewery Office |
This lovely building is now the London
headquarters of the architects BDP (Building Design Partnership).
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