Malthouse To Rear Of Number 23

The building is a former malthouse located to the rear of Number 23 on Barton Street in Tewkesbury. It dates back to the 17th century and features square panel timber-framing with brick nogging and a tiled roof. The structure is a rectangular, four-bay building that has two floors and a malting floor in the roof space. One side of the building is positioned on the party boundary wall. It connects to the main house through a wing that includes a deep beam at the street end.

The outer gable is framed and has a brick-nogged section containing two small lights, above a full-width range of small-pane windows and a pair of doors on the first floor. There is an additional door below, made of brickwork. The party wall is constructed with panel framing on a brick ground floor, which also incorporates two small lights.

Inside, the ground floor consists of three bays with a brick floor. It features very heavy transverse beams, approximately 375mm square, with run-out stops, and two longitudinal beams. A ladder stair at the street end leads to the first floor, which also has two transverse beams and two diagonal beams in each bay. The first floor has a good early board floor. The roof is divided into four bays and includes two tenoned purlins, flush rafters, propped principals, and a collar. The floor is covered by a thick lime-plaster screed, and the owner remembers boards for grain storage along both sides, although these have since disappeared.

This outbuilding has been kept in use as a workshop and remains largely unaltered, making it an early and significant survival. Historically, the grain trade and malting were important industries in Tewkesbury until the decline of river transport in the 19th century, with large quantities of malt being exported to Wales.