AN alehouse and brewery has opened its doors inside one of Southampton’s most historic buildings.

City mayor Cllr Sue Blatchford did the honours yesterday to open The Dancing Man Brewery at The Wool House in Town Quay.

The 14th century building, previously the city’s maritime museum, is now the city’s latest venue and watering hole, featuring home-brewed beer, food and live music.

The interior of the medieval warehouse building has been painstakingly overhauled over the past year by the team from the Dancing Man Brewery, which runs the nearby Platform Tavern.