The Pirie Street Brewery was a brewery situated on Pirie and Wyatt Streets, Adelaide , in the early days of the British colony of South Australia . It was succeeded on the same site after a few years by the Adelaide Brewery . Its original address was 50-62 Wyatt Street; today the buildings at 54–60 are heritage-listed in the South Australian Heritage Register , and there is a remaining building at 113 Pirie Street now occupied by the Hill Smith Gallery .
21-611: This brewery was operational from 1845. This Adelaide Brewery is not to be confused with the Adelaide Brewery founded by Charles Mallen for W. K. Simms in Waverley, New South Wales . Pirie Street Brewery was operated by James Walsh (1847 to 1851), Simms & Hayter (1851 to July 1853) then Simms & Humble (July 1853 to August 1855), followed by E. J. F. Crawford. Walsh founded the Pirie Street Brewery in 1847 or earlier. It
42-543: A Neo-Baroque architectural style that was popular for public buildings in the British Empire during the Edwardian era (1901–1910). Architecture up to 1914 is commonly included in this style. It can also be used to mean various styles in middle-class housing, including relaxed versions of Arts and Crafts architecture . Edwardian architecture is generally less ornate than high or late Victorian architecture , apart from
63-468: A location for a new brewery. He settled on the town of Waverley , near Sydney, and there on Edgecliffe Road built the "Adelaide Brewery", where he brewed the first beer in December 1874, and was very successful, and in 1875 enlarged the cellars. Charles left the company after being refused a partnership in the firm, and returned to Adelaide, where he purchased land on West Terrace, and built a small brewery on
84-463: A long history, first as a warehouse for the associated Adelaide Brewery, and subsequently as a well-detailed shop/office presenting an Edwardian classical frontage to Pirie Street. It is one of the very few surviving brewery buildings in the city, and was a significant part of the adjacent (heritage-listed) Adelaide Brewery". However, as of April 2024, it is not heritage-listed, and Hill Smith Galleries moved out around 2020. Other breweries operating in
105-856: A partnership, Syme & Sison, and established the Adelaide Brewery on the same Pirie Street site. Syme & Sison were also associated with several hotels in Adelaide: the Queen's Arms in Wright Street, the Somerset at the corner of Pulteney and Flinders Streets, and the White Conduit House Hotel in North Street. In June 1882 they sold the business to Andrew McIntyre, William Wicksteed and Henry Anthony, none of them with any brewing experience, who continued trading as Syme & Sison. The Adelaide Brewery
126-526: A small section of the buildings, continuing to lease the rest of the premises until purchasing it in November 1873. In June 1882 William Wicksteed, Henry Anthony and Andrew McIntyre bought the property, with the title transferred in November 1886 to Mary Jane Syme (widow) and James Russell. The original part of the 113 Pirie Street building (on the corner) was built as a warehouse for the Pirie Street Brewery around 1864, when Syme and Sison acquired it and renamed it
147-557: A subset – used for major buildings – known as Edwardian Baroque architecture. The Victorian Society campaigns to preserve architecture built between 1837 and 1914, and so includes Edwardian as well as Victorian architecture within its remit. The characteristic features of the Edwardian Baroque style were drawn from two main sources: the architecture of France during the 18th century and that of Sir Christopher Wren in England during
168-508: The Hill Smith Gallery in July 1983. The Wyatt Street buildings were used as a car workshop and park for some years, before being bought by Geoff Wallbridge and others of the engineering firm Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec around 1980. As of 2024 the firm still occupies the premises, after many years of refurbishment, with input from heritage architect Elizabeth Little. The old brewery buildings with
189-401: The voussoirs of arched openings (derived from French models); domed corner rooftop pavilions and a central taller tower-like element creating a lively rooftop silhouette; revived Italian Baroque elements such as exaggerated keystones , segmental arched pediments , columns with engaged blocks, attached block-like rustication to window surrounds; colonnades of (sometimes paired ) columns in
210-726: The 17th—part of the English Baroque (for this reason Edwardian Baroque is sometimes referred to as " Wrenaissance "). Sir Edwin Lutyens was a major exponent, designing many commercial buildings in what he termed 'the Grand Style' during the later 1910s and 1920s. This period of British architectural history is considered a particularly retrospective one, since it is contemporary with Art Nouveau . Typical details of Edwardian Baroque architecture include extensive rustication , usually more extreme at ground level, often running into and exaggerating
231-490: The Adelaide Brewery. As brewing expanded in the 1870s, so did the building, with a second storey being added to the warehouse in the 1880s, and much of the site extensively rebuilt. Daniel Garlick designed several new extensions: in 1871 new stables and offices were built; in 1872 a malt house and cellar; and in 1876, further rooms for storage and equipment. It was possibly the biggest and most well-equipped brewery in Adelaide at
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#1732863092935252-644: The Gilbert Street corner, which he (cheekily?) named " Waverley Brewery ", which started operation in December 1875, and was purchased by Simms in 1876, to become Waverley Vinegar Works. He then purchased a property on Unley Road , Lower Mitcham , near the Brownhill Creek , and in 1878 in conjunction with Haimes built the " Waverley Brewery ", operated by Haimes, Mallen & Co., which consisted of John Haimes, Charles Mallen, Charles's daughter Maria Mallen and Arthur Bean, who retired in 1879. Charles Williams
273-486: The West End Brewery, Hindley Street , which ultimately became the property of John Haimes , and Charles was kept busy making plant and connecting machinery for the new brewery. Then W. K. Simms purchased the business and put Charles on the permanent staff. Next Edgar Chapman joined the business as Simms & Chapman and Charles was appointed brewer and manager. In 1874 they sent him to New South Wales to select
294-721: The company was in liquidation. The "Adelaide Brewery" at Edgecliffe Road, Waverley, New South Wales, did not survive long. By 1880 they had stopped advertising, and in 1901 the property was subdivided. As a youth, Charles participated in various sports, and later was involved in racing horses and greyhounds, winning four Waterloo Cups, though he never placed a wager on the outcome of any race. Horses he bred include Lancelot and Modjeska, who won some races. Charles married Maria Matilda Sandwell (25 April 1817 – 10 November 1900) in London on 29 June 1840. They had 9 children. Edwardian architecture Edwardian architecture usually means
315-548: The late 1860s included: Charles Mallen Charles Edward Mallen (23 December 1819 – 26 October 1909) was a carpenter and brewer in the early days of the colony of South Australia . Charles was born at Euston Square , London, and was apprenticed to the Edwards company, cabinetmakers to the Royal Family, where his father and brother were employed all their lives. He and his family emigrated to South Australia aboard
336-566: The present address of 54-60 Wyatt Street were heritage-listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 20 November 1986. The building at 113 Pirie Street, once part of the brewery, later occupied by the Hill Smith Gallery, was recommended for heritage listing in 2008 by Adelaide City Council , described in its report as "A prominent early commercial building, clearly expressing in its materials, form and detailing
357-577: The steamer Champion in December 1854, and for a time was employed at his trade, producing ornamental work for the Wesleyan Church, Pirie street, and Faulding 's chemist shop. He purchased some land in Angas Street and five acres at Clapham , where he built a home. He then worked for Mellor Brothers , agricultural machinists, and while with them was given a job to repair a malt crusher at W. H. Clark 's brewery on Halifax Street . Clark then moved to
378-447: The time. After the brewery was closed in 1902, the buildings were used as commercial warehouses. An extension and new frontage on Pirie Street were added around 1910. The printers Hunkin, Ellis & King occupied the premises from June 1924 to April 1974. In 1982 the well-regarded firm Kenneth Milne Architects refurbished the building, with Samuel Hill Smith purchasing the property at 113 Pirie Street for use as an art gallery known as
399-601: Was acquired "on very advantageous terms" by the South Australian Brewing Company in 1902. The original land grant was made to William Wyatt on 23 December 1837 by the Resident Commissioner of the colony of South Australia , James Hurtle Fisher . In 1862, James Walsh owned the property, in April 1864 leasing it to Syme and Sison, who were "brewers at the adjacent brewery". In 1871 Syme and Sison bought
420-526: Was appointed Manager around 1921 and occupied that position until 1933, when he retired due to ill health. " Waverley Brewery " ceased operation in the 1930s, but the Mallen family continued as hotel operators well into the late 20th century. Mallen & Co. Ltd. owned 13 hotels in and around Adelaide: The Springfield Brewery was established on the site on the corner of Princes Street and Bull's Creek Road, Mitcham around 1938, greatly expanded in 1941. By 1954
441-524: Was not popular with those living nearby. In 1851 he sold the business to William Knox Simms and John Hayter, who operated the business as Simms & Hayter. Samuel Humble joined in 1853, and they traded as Simms & Humble until 1854, when the partnership (which by then included James Chambers ) was dissolved. and the business disposed of to E. J. F. Crawford, who ran it until at least 1859. Simms & Co., took over William Clark's Halifax Street Brewery in 1856. In 1861 J. T. Syme and F. S. Sison formed
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