Old Malthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1972. Malthouse.

Old Malthouse

WRENN ID
lesser-ledge-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1972
Type
Malthouse
Address
Old Malthouse, 129, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket
OS grid reference
TM 052 583
Coordinates
52.18533, 1.00065
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Malthouse is a late 16th-century timber-framed barn that was converted into a malthouse in the late 18th century and later transformed into a house in the late 20th century. It features pantiled roofs and consists of a five-bay barn running east-west, with a kiln added to the east gable under a pyramid roof. The south side has a late 18th-century outshut with a gabled transept entrance, while the west gable of the original barn has a gabled extension. The building has one and two storeys, with additions that are brick-faced and partly rendered. The windows include late 20th-century roof lights, and the kiln roof retains its smoke louvre at the apex.

Inside, the five-bay barn has jowled principal studs with arched braces supporting the chamfered tie beams. The roof is an early 18th-century replacement, featuring some curved wind braces, two tiers of butt purlins, principal rafters, and collars. The interior was floored in the late 18th century and again in the late 20th century.

Local climate

Old Malthouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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