Malthouse And Malthouse Cottage With Railings And Gates To Front

This is a house and former malthouse, now a pair of attached houses, dating back to the 17th century or earlier. The original malthouse was extended or partially rebuilt in the late 17th century, with some parts refaced in the 18th century. A separate cottage, Malthouse Cottage, was added in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of red brick in English garden wall bond and Flemish bond, with some exposed timber framing at the rear of the malthouse and stone rubble at the rear of Malthouse Cottage. It has a plain-tile roof with brick coped gable ends. There are brick stacks, both projecting and integrated into the walls.

The malthouse, on the right of the south-east front, is two storeys high and has a three-window front. It features large 18th-century, three-light mullion windows with central opening lights and glazing bars, set within brick segmental-arched openings. Brick string courses define the first and attic floors. A doorway is centrally placed on the right, with a small segmental fanlight, a cyma-moulded door frame, and a plank door. Malthouse Cottage, on the left, has a single-window range with three-light mullion casements with small panes, likewise set within brick segmental arches. A boarded door is positioned on the right, also under a brick segmental arch. The left gable end features casement windows and an attic casement, all with brick segmental arches. The right gable end of the malthouse has dove cote ledges, three string courses, and an attic casement.

At the rear of the malthouse is a casement window with glazing bars and a 17th-century, five-light ovolo-moulded mullion window on the first floor, all set within segmental arches. There is exposed timber framing above a single-storey stone rubble rear wing. The rear wall of Malthouse Cottage, built of stone rubble, is set back on the right and features a single-storey brick outshut.

Inside, the ground floor has cyma-chamfered bridging beams and cyma-moulded door frames. The first floor has chamfered bridging beams with stepped ogee-chamfer stops. The roof is composed of double trenched purlins with a diagonally-set ridge. There are two attic trusses with a straight tie beam interrupted by door posts, rails with struts, a collar, and twin raking struts. Chamfered doorways have ogee-chamfer stops.

The property is complemented by 19th-century cast-iron railings, gates, and gate piers that run across the front of the front gardens of each house. The railings feature plain spike-headed round balusters with plain rails, the gates have a plain cross-brace, and the gate piers have rounded caps.