Guinness Brewery — James's Street

Terraced sixteen-bay three-storey over basement office, built c.1880, having central three-bay breakfront with pedimented central entrance breakfront. Three bays to east recessed. Full-height central return and single-storey extension to rear, and square-plan red brick industrial chimney to rear. Hipped slate roof having granite parapet and cornice to front (north) elevation, red brick chimneystacks having granite cornices, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond having rusticated cut granite quoins, platbands and plinth course over lined-and-ruled rendered walls to basement. Rock-faced rusticated buttresses to basement area. Round-arched two-storey recesses to first and second floors. Round-headed window openings to second floor having granite keystones, segmental-arched window openings to first floor and square-headed openings to ground floor. Granite sills. Bull-nosed red brick reveals and replacement metal windows to front elevation, timber casement windows to rear. Square-headed window openings to basement having granite sills, timber sash windows and cast-iron external security bars. Square-headed door opening having bull-nosed red brick reveals and carved granite lintel, with double-leaf half-glazed timber panelled doors and overlight, now boarded up. Granite steps with nosings having cast-iron railings. Granite plinth walls with cast-iron railings enclosing basement area.