North Malt Warehouse

NEWARK ON TRENT

SK7954SE GREAT NORTH ROAD 619-1/5/153 (East side (off)) 07/08/89 North Malt Warehouse

GV II

Maltings, now warehouse. c1870, with mid C20 alterations. Built for John Hole, brewer. Mass concrete, rendered externally, with hipped Welsh slate roofs. Regular fenestration with segment headed windows. 3 storeys; 18 window range, the river front divided into 6 hipped bays. River front has 8 windows flanked by single loft doors and beyond on either side, 4 windows. Second floor and ground floor have similar fenestration, with a door inserted on the ground floor between the 2 left windows. Rear has a 3 storey kiln at each end, flush with the face. Fenestration altered by the insertion of a pair of gigantic double doors at either end of the central block. Beyond them, on either side, a large pair of double doors. On the second floor, a central gabled hoist canopy. South end has kiln to left with blank first floor and 6 windows above and below. Range to right has 6 windows on each floor. North end has similar fenestration. Interior has a large section of the floors removed and replaced by tall square reinforced concrete columns. Surviving floors are carried on iron columns. Kiln spaces survive. This building is an early example of mass concrete construction.

Listing NGR: SK7978054422