Malt House in Grounds of No 13 South Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Malthouse.

Malt House in Grounds of No 13 South Street

WRENN ID
swift-tin-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 March 1985
Type
Malthouse
Address
Malt House in Grounds of No 13 South Street, Aldbourne
OS grid reference
SU 266 755
Coordinates
51.47801, -1.61776
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Malt House in the grounds of No 13 South Street is a 19th-century malthouse with an attached kiln. It is constructed from sarsen rubble with brick quoins and dressings. The roof is partly tiled and partly thatched, having been renewed in 1984. The building is two stories high and consists of seven bays, with small openings to the street, most of which are blocked. There is cart access to the rear. The roof is hipped at both ends, featuring a circular tile-hung flue from the kiln that emerges from the tiled section, capped with a revolving cowl. The vane on the cowl depicts a standing maltster and dates from 1828 or earlier, although it has been renovated.

Inside, the malting floor has been removed, but a white band on the red painted stonework remains. The structure includes a queen strut truss with two tiers of butt purlins. The kiln itself does not survive, and the support for the flue has been renewed. This barn was notably the setting for Charles McEvoy's production of 'The Village Wedding' in 1910, which was attended by prominent figures such as George Bernard Shaw and Edgar Wallace, marking it as a significant village event.

Local climate

Malt House in Grounds of No 13 South Street receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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