Introduction
I first visited the site during summer last year but as I was in a rush I didn’t take the camera. This time though, I wanted to return with the camera and get a report up. Visited with @V50jake.
Information & History
I won’t go into the history in too much detail as it has been covered many times. The company dates back to the 19th century when William Stones founded William Stones Ltd. Stones started brewing in the city a number of years prior with Joseph Watts but Watts later died. Stones bought the Neepsend Brewery site and renamed it Cannon Brewery. He became one of the richest people in Sheffield and later died in 1868.
During the site's later years, a few changes were made. A sales office was built in the late sixties, and a £500k brew-house was built around the same time. There was even an on-site pub at one point. The site was also featured in a 90s film: ‘When Saturday Comes’.
Bass purchased Stones in the late sixties and the site continued operating until 1999 and closed due to a reduction in sales. As a result of the closure, 57 jobs were lost and now the site remains derelict. It is known as being one of Sheffield’s OG urbex locations and it is well and truly trashed now. I wonder how much longer it’ll last until something is done with it?
The explore itself was relaxed and we didn’t run into any issues, it hasn’t really changed in a year but then again it’s harder to notice changes at a site like this as it’s already in such poor condition, but I do still think it’s very photogenic.
Here are a couple of old pictures. The first is of the Brewery Manager taken in 1990, the second one is an external taken at the same time.
On to the photos from my visit, I did take quite a lot of pics and was indecisive on what ones to use so apologies in advance if there are a few too many to scroll through!
Continued...
I first visited the site during summer last year but as I was in a rush I didn’t take the camera. This time though, I wanted to return with the camera and get a report up. Visited with @V50jake.
Information & History
I won’t go into the history in too much detail as it has been covered many times. The company dates back to the 19th century when William Stones founded William Stones Ltd. Stones started brewing in the city a number of years prior with Joseph Watts but Watts later died. Stones bought the Neepsend Brewery site and renamed it Cannon Brewery. He became one of the richest people in Sheffield and later died in 1868.
During the site's later years, a few changes were made. A sales office was built in the late sixties, and a £500k brew-house was built around the same time. There was even an on-site pub at one point. The site was also featured in a 90s film: ‘When Saturday Comes’.
Bass purchased Stones in the late sixties and the site continued operating until 1999 and closed due to a reduction in sales. As a result of the closure, 57 jobs were lost and now the site remains derelict. It is known as being one of Sheffield’s OG urbex locations and it is well and truly trashed now. I wonder how much longer it’ll last until something is done with it?
The explore itself was relaxed and we didn’t run into any issues, it hasn’t really changed in a year but then again it’s harder to notice changes at a site like this as it’s already in such poor condition, but I do still think it’s very photogenic.
Here are a couple of old pictures. The first is of the Brewery Manager taken in 1990, the second one is an external taken at the same time.
On to the photos from my visit, I did take quite a lot of pics and was indecisive on what ones to use so apologies in advance if there are a few too many to scroll through!
Continued...
