Malt-House Approximately 10 Metres To North-East Of Red Abbey

SJ 31 SE ALBERBURY WITH ABBEY LANE CARDESTON C.P. (South-east side) 5/8 - Malt-house approx. 10 metres to north-east of Red Abbey

GV II

Malt-house. Probably early C19. Coursed Alberbury breccia and red sandstone rubble with some red brick dressings; slate and corrugated iron roof with plain tile roof over wing. L-plan. Dentil brick eaves cornice. 3 storeys with 2-storey wing. North-east front: 4 second-floor 2-light wooden windows with diamond mullions; 2 first-floor 2-light segmental-headed windows with diamond mullions and 2 narrow vents to right, left-hand one blocked; central ground-floor segmental-headed boarded opening with flanking boarded doors, that to left with segmental head. Right-hand return front with 8 stone steps up to first-floor boarded door and boarded second-floor loft door above with hoist. 5 narrow vents to first -floor at rear, all blocked except for one. Segmental-headed boarded door in return front of rear wing with slate-roofed porch in angle. Interior: drying kiln in ground floor or rear wing with 2 central brick piers and rendered vaults. Included as an unaltered example for group value.

Listing NGR: SJ3725014918