Maltings About 20 Metres West Of Park Cottage

SX 48 SE CORYTON

7/51 Maltings about 20m west of Park - Cottage II

Maltings, disused. Late C19. Stone rubble with hipped slate roofs. Rectangular malthouse has stone cornice below eaves, kiln adjoins malthouse at south west forming L-plan. 3-storey malthouse, 2-storey kiln. Entrance at west, 2 + 1-window front. Entrance on front of malthouse at right. 1 blocked window to left of door, one 2- light window to kiln. 2 first floor windows to malthouse, 1 blocked, one 2-light first floor window to kiln. 1 second floor 2-light window to malthouse. Some leaded panes to windows. North side of malthouse has 2 and 1-light windows with iron stanchions and external shutters. Interior: Floor of second floor of malthouse missing, first floor plastered. Kiln has furnace with coved brick flue and square perforated kiln tiles to drying floor. The maltings is on the main road through Coryton parish and is south of the now disused Coryton slate quarry. Immediately adjacent to the maltings is the spoil heap from lime kilns and the side may have been a semi-industrial complex on the Coryton estate.

Listing NGR: SX4684084641