The Malt House And Malthouse Cottage

The Malt House and Malthouse Cottage are a former malthouse and cottage, dating to 1831. They have been converted into seven dwellings. The building is constructed of rubble with Portland stone dressings, a rendered rear wall, and a slate roof.

The main range has a long gabled roof, with a projecting, timber-clad hauling bay to the left of centre, set against a broad cross-gable. A truncated conical vent rises towards the right end, which formerly housed a wheel. The rear of the building rises considerably, creating a basement floor and a first-floor entry. Rooms have also been incorporated into the former roof space. Malthouse Cottage, with a lower roofline, is attached to the left-hand end.

The principal range features five bays to the left of the hauling bay. The third bay originally contained hauling doors, and the windows are largely 12- or 16-pane sashes set within flush stone lintels with keystones. Two bays are blank at the second floor. Ground-floor windows also have keystones, linked by a continuous plat band. Wide plank doors with a 4-pane transom light are located between bays 1 and 2, and in bay 3, positioned under a first-floor door. The coped gable of the cross-gable features a projecting, horizontally timber-clad, gabled hauling way with brackets, supporting a 16-pane light. A plank door with a 4-pane transom light sits below. To the right are three plus five bays with similar detailing. The second floor windows are sixteen-pane, while the first floor has a plank door and two 12-pane windows. The ground floor includes a square loading panel under a 4-pane transom light, two 12-pane windows, a further door with transom light, and two 12-pane windows. Centred to the end 5 bays are two high arched openings with a flush surround and projecting keystones over transom lights with vertical bars and wide plank panelled fill, separated by a dividing pier and impost. These sills are approximately 0.6m above road level, and above the arches is a worn diamond-shaped datestone inscribed 'GNS 1831' below a small square panel. The wide return gable has one paired 12-pane window above two similar, with a coped gable and ball finial.

The rear elevation has been adapted for modern use, with three deep-set paired doors accessed by bridges, flanked by a small single-light and a large 2-light casement window, and paired 12-pane windows to the lower ground floor. The roof incorporates a series of ten lay-lights.

Malthouse Cottage, at the south end, is slightly set back, with an L-shaped plan and a 20th-century gabled porch in the re-entrant angle. The hipped front exhibits large flush quoins and a 20th-century casement window over a 12-pane sash. The long, associated 20th-century return wing has a small 3-light window at ground floor and a coped gable.

The interior was not inspected.