The Old Malt House is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Malt House
- WRENN ID
- keen-cellar-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Malt House, High Street, Lambourn, RG17 8RG
- OS grid reference
- SU 314 804
- Coordinates
- 51.52209, -1.54745
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Malt House is a house dating from the 18th century, with a slightly older wing added to the right. The left part of the house is two storeys high and has a colourwashed pebble dash exterior, with an old tile roof and chimneys at each end. This section features two segmental-headed casements with leaded lights, and a central porch with a hipped old tile roof. The wing to the right is timber-framed with colourwashed brick nogging, an old tile roof, and brickwork featuring grey headers and red stretchers, and a half-hipped old tile roof. The gable end of this wing has one upper mullioned and transomed window.
Local climate
The Old Malt House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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