Malt House Harp Yard

A brew house, later used as a store house, was built in 1822, with subsequent additions and alterations. The building is constructed of stone rubble with a pinkish-brown brick extension on the right-hand side, rendered on the left return of the main range. It has a slate roof and a brick stack to the rear right. The exterior features oak and larch shutters. The main range is two storeys with an attic, while the range to the left is one-and-a-half storeys high. A partially glazed door is found within the left range. The main range has a central plank door entrance, a replacement multi-pane window with its original frame and shutters to the left, and a replacement casement window within an elliptically-arched surround to the right. The first floor features an opening with a renewed multi-pane window and shutters, a plank pitching door, and a further opening with shutters. The attic has two openings with shutters. The left range has an opening with a plank shutter, and the main range has a casement window to its left gable, with exposed purlins visible. The rear of the building has two window openings, one in each range.

The interior of the main range on the ground floor reveals four chamfered, rough-hewn transverse beams and exposed rafters, with York stone flags to the floor. The first floor has three exposed rough-hewn transverse beams, a bressummer beam across the corner for the chimney, and the original sill to the first-floor window. The second floor contains winding gear, a trap door, a corner fireplace with a brick elliptical arch, further winding gear, and a trap door. The roof showcases one level of rough-hewn purlins and exposed rafters, in addition to a collar beam. The left range displays exposed rafters and one level of purlins to its roof.

It is believed that ale was brewed on site from 1822 until approximately 1960. The brewing process involved boilers and kilns, and brewing equipment was sold around 1860. The brew house previously served the Harp Inn, one of Bishop's Castle’s oldest inns, now known as Harp House. Local buildings of this type are known as malt houses.