Alterations: Phoenix Brewery, Green Lane, Heywood

Phoenix Brewery, Heywood, was registered in 1874, acquired by Cornbrook Brewery in 1937, and closed about 1960. Plans for alterations were prepared by C H Openshaw in 1897 and building work commenced on 3 November of that year. However, Openshaw died in 1899 and the scheme was completed by William E Gill following his death. In 1982 part of the property was acquired by a craft brewer who revived the Phoenix name.

NEW OFFICES - Extensive alterations have been lately made to the Phoenix Brewery, and a week ago the new offices were formally opened by the chairman of the company. Councillor H W Nuttall of Bury. Mr. W. K Gill, the architect. presented Mr. Nuttall with a silver key. suitably inscribed, with which ha unlocked the office door. The new premises are built on the site of the old brewery, which before being taken over by the Brewery Company was used for many years as a foundry. The brewery is now thoroughly up- to-date and is replete with all the latest inventions for the proper carrying on of the work. There are in the premises pump house, boiler house, washhouse, tower (eight storeys high), cooler room fermenting room, malt stores. racking and storage cellars, loading stage, bottling department and stores, offices. boardroom. stabling for 24 horses, etc. The preparation of the plans for rebuilding was commenced in 1897, and the actual work began on November 3rd 1897 with the boiler and washhouse, the contractors being Messrs Blakeley and Wild, who, also built the tower, fermenting room, and stables. In the last portion of the work are the boardroom, secretary's office, clerks, and cashiers' office and waiting room. There is a cask elevator from the cellar up to the loading stage, where four lurries can load at once. This portion of the work has been carried out by Mr. Samuel Barker, contractor, of Heywood. The washhouse and tower were designed by the late Mr. C. H.' Openshaw, architect and surveyor, of Bury, and the remainder of the work has been carried, out from plans prepared by and under the supervision of Mr. William E. Gill, architect and surveyor. Derby Chambers, 6, Fleet-street. Bury. [Heywood Advertiser - Friday 20 May 1904 page 5]

Reference           Heywood Advertiser - Friday 20 May 1904 page 5