Malthouse and Hop Kilns About20 Yards West of Lower House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. A Victorian Malthouse, kilns.
Malthouse and Hop Kilns About20 Yards West of Lower House Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- odd-glass-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1988
- Type
- Malthouse, kilns
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- SO 637 680
- Coordinates
- 52.3094, -2.53335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a malthouse and hop kilns located about 20 yards west of Lower House Farmhouse, dating from the mid-19th century. It is constructed of brick and features slate roofs. The structure consists of a four-bay range oriented east to west, with a two-bay wing at the west end and three kilns attached to the north elevation. The building has three levels.
On the main south elevation, there are four two-light casements with cambered heads on the ground floor, a two-light and a three-light casement, also with cambered heads, on the first floor, and four two-light casements on the second floor. The two-bay wing has two levels and is adorned with a dentilled eaves cornice. Its south elevation features a three-light casement on the first floor and two external chimneys with offsets. The hop kilns are square in plan and topped with pyramidal roofs that have cowls. The north elevation of the kilns includes small openings with cambered heads. Inside, the drying floors are reported to still be intact.
Local climate
Malthouse and Hop Kilns About20 Yards West of Lower House Farmhouse receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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