South Central Maltings

South Central Maltings is a maltings building dating from the late 1840s, with some parts rebuilt in the late 19th century, specifically after 1880. It is constructed of yellow stock brick in Flemish bond, with gable ends and part of the west end covered in weatherboards and corrugated iron sheets. The building features a gable-ended pantile roof and has a long rectangular plan, wider at the east end where the rebuilding occurred, and includes a kiln at the west end. The east end has been converted, and a two-storey office extension was added to the south side in the 20th century. The structure stands three storeys tall and has segmental-headed small windows. At the lower west end, a tile-hung conical kiln projects from the roof, topped with a conical boarded cowl.

Inside, the kiln and malt store remain largely intact, although the wire floor has been removed and a steel beam has been inserted. There are nine tie-plates inscribed with the name 'J COPSEY WARE', referring to J Copsey, a wire-worker and blacksmith active in Ware in the early 1860s. The rebuilt east end features twelve tie-plates inscribed with 'FREDK HITCH WARE', indicating Frederick Hitch, a builder in Ware during the late 1880s.