The Old Malt House is a Grade II* listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1967. A C17 House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Malt House
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-gargoyle-onyx
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Malt House, Main Street, Melling-With-Wrayton, LA6 2RB
- OS grid reference
- SD 596 709
- Coordinates
- 54.13317, -2.61906
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Malt House is a house built in 1684, constructed from sandstone rubble and topped with a slate roof. It features a symmetrical design with two storeys, originally including an attic, and consists of four bays. The windows have rebated and chamfered mullions, with a drip course above the ground floor. The outer bays contain one-light windows, while the other windows are three-light, except for the central window on the first floor, which has two lights. The entrance door is framed by a moulded surround and has an elaborate stepped lintel inscribed with 'ROBART V 1684'. There are chimneys at both ends, with the left-hand chimney featuring a projecting stack. The left gable wall includes a one-light chamfered attic window. Inside, the ground floor has pitch pine ceiling beams, and the first floor has oak tie beam trusses. This building is an early example of a farmhouse with a symmetrical facade.
Local climate
The Old Malt House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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