Langley Maltings is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1974. Maltings. 1 related planning application.
Langley Maltings
- WRENN ID
- late-baluster-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1974
- Type
- Maltings
- Address
- Langley Maltings, Western Road, B69 4LY
- OS grid reference
- SO 996 883
- Coordinates
- 52.49278, -2.00709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Langley Maltings is a maltings building constructed in 1870. It is made of brick and has slate roofs. The structure consists of two parallel three-storey ranges of malting floors, with six kilns located at the east end, facing Western Road. The west facade overlooks the Titford Canal. Each gable of the two ranges features five bays, which are separated by shallow buttresses with offsets. The windows have segmental heads.
Between the two ranges, there is a four-storey, two-bay kiln, with a blocked canal arm on each side. The gable of the southern range now extends above the roof, which was altered to a design with several shallower pitches after a fire in the 1920s. At the east end, the three northern kilns have steeply pitched pyramid roofs, while the southern kilns have roofs with a shallower pitch. All kilns retain their louvres, except for the northern kiln of the southern range, which is no longer in use.
Inside, the malting floors have been concreted and are supported by three rows of iron columns. Formerly known as Showell's Maltings, the buildings serve as a prominent landmark along the canal.
Local climate
Langley Maltings receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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