Mistley Mills Pair Of Maltings And Adjoining Kilns At National Grid Reference Tm109318

Mistley Mills is a pair of maltings with adjoining kilns, built in the early 19th century, with the north maltings dated 1817 and constructed for Edward Norman. The buildings are made of red brick in both Flemish and English bond, while the east end of the south range is faced in gault brick. The roofs are hipped and covered with slate, although the north range has been reclad in asbestos tiles, and its gabled east end is clad in corrugated iron.

The structure is U-shaped, consisting of two ranges of malting floors with kilns at the east end that connect the two ranges, featuring a cartway beneath the kilns. The buildings are two storeys tall, with small segmental brick arched window openings, and ground and first floor doorways that have plank doors. The east gable of the north range includes round-headed windows and a round stone tablet inscribed with "Built by Edward Norman 1817." The east end of the south range has a rectangular stone tablet that reads, "These eight maltings were built by Edward Norman from the year 1806 to 1828." At the west end, there are three square kilns, with the south kiln being lower, each topped with a steeply-pitched pyramidal slate roof and a square louvred cupola.

Inside, the first floors are supported by closely-spaced lateral wooden beams on wooden posts with metal pads. The roofs feature tie-beam and queen-strut construction, with the tie-beams also supported on wooden posts. There are iron doors leading to the kiln stoke-holes, and the kiln roofs are currently lined with asbestos sheets. Kelly's Directory from 1906 mentions the extensive malting establishments in the town and the adjoining parish of Mistley.