The Former Lee and Grinling's Maltings is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 2002. Maltings. 2 related planning applications.

The Former Lee and Grinling's Maltings

WRENN ID
late-lancet-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Kesteven
Constituency
Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 2002
Type
Maltings
Address
The Former Lee and Grinling's Maltings, Bridge Street, Grantham, NG31 9BF
OS grid reference
SK 921 350
Coordinates
52.90482, -0.63202
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former Lee and Grinling's Maltings is a maltings building constructed in 1860 for Robert Lee, later owned by Lee & Grinling of Grantham from 1894. The structure features orange brick with white and blue brick decoration and Welsh slate roofs. All windows have segment heads, and the building includes white brick quoins and a double blue brick plinth.

The central section contains growing floors across three levels, with three kilns located to the east and a warehouse cross-wing to the west. The west cross-wing has four floors, with the south front showcasing three basement windows above a central round-headed doorway. Above this doorway is a projecting taking-in tower supported by stone corbels, featuring deeply chamfered corners, one segment-headed window, and a small round-headed window on three sides, all capped with a pyramidal slate roof. Triangular-headed panels with three windows each flank this tower. The west front has five basement windows, with each floor above featuring five segment-headed windows set in five tall flat-headed panels.

The central section displays 11 windows on both the north and south sides, with projecting pilasters in between. Each façade has 11 basement windows, and two windows above have been replaced in the late 20th century. The ground floor includes three bays with doors, and the south front features an octagonal staircase at the junction with the kilns to the east.

To the east, there are three plain brick kilns, each topped with a pyramidal hipped roof and ventilation cowlings. The interior includes rebuilt kilns with iron doors leading to fire chambers, while the rest of the building is supported by iron columns that hold up the growing floors.

Local climate

The Former Lee and Grinling's Maltings sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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