The Brewery History Society: Breweries

Staffordshire - Stone, Newcastle Street: John Joule & Sons Ltd - the former Ale Stores

John Joule & Sons' Brewery at High Street, Stone, was closed by Bass Charrington in 1972. Although the Brewery has been demolished, most of the former Ale Stores survive, now in other use.

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Century of British Brewers

	November 2007: Gates to the yard.
	November 2007: View along Newcastle Street.
	October 2006: From the yard, decorative brickwork in the shape of a cross.
	November 2007: Each of the ventilation ducts has a finial with a red cross.
	October 2006: Detail of one of the ventilation ducts and the finial.
	October 2006: The central gable of the Ale Stores features the Joule's sign. All five gables have a red cross in the brickwork and a finial with a red cross.
	November 2007: The Joule's Ale Store sign on the central gable.
	November 2007: Rear (canal) elevation. As on the front elevation, each of the five gables has a red cross in the brickwork and a finial with a red cross. The painted Joule's sign also incorporates red crosses at each end.
	November 2007: A more detailed view of the rear of the building.
	November 2007: From the canal towpath to the south. You can just make out on the right a further set of ventilation ducts, all with 'red cross' finials.

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