The Maltings

The Maltings is a former malthouse that has been converted into a restaurant and leisure centre. It dates from the late 18th century and features a combination of flint and brick construction under pantile or slate roofs. The building has an L-shaped plan, with the longer section running north-south and the shorter section running east-west, both ending in a kiln with a conical flue.

The structure is two storeys high with attics. The restaurant is located at the north end of the long arm, which has whole flints with brick dressings and piers, and features segmental-arched openings. The mansard slate roof includes two 20th-century sloping dormers on the east and west sides.

To the south of the main building is the kiln, which has a louvred conical flue, and to the east is a long outshut. The east face of the main range has a deep outshut that extends to ground level beneath the pantiled roof. The west side is two storeys with a dormer attic, constructed of whitewashed brick. The ground floor has nine openings for loading chutes under segmental heads, designed for barges on the nearby River Gipping, along with one entrance at the south end and two first-floor loading doors, surrounded by irregularly placed windows.

The east-west range features a large outshut on its south side and a half-hipped roof at the east end. Attached to the north of the east end is a square malting kiln with a tall pyramid roof set on a single-storey whitewashed brick plinth, complete with a louvre at the apex. The east-west range also has various windows, a loading lucam, and two sloping dormers. Inside, the building has square post construction with tie beams on straight braces, but no original equipment or fittings remain.