The Malthouse, 10 Metres East of Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1984. Malthouse.

The Malthouse, 10 Metres East of Hill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
drifting-bronze-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 March 1984
Type
Malthouse
OS grid reference
ST 061 218
Coordinates
50.98832, -3.33807
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Malthouse, located 10 metres east of Hill Farmhouse, is a disused malthouse dating from the late 16th to early 17th century. It is constructed of random rubble, render, and cob, with a 20th-century hipped slate roof and a centrally placed 18th-century brick stack below the ridge. The main block shows evidence of a demolished projecting wing to the left of centre, with remains of a large stack and fireplace visible on the facade.

The building is two storeys high, featuring a three-light ovolo moulded mullion window (unglazed) to the right of the stack remains, and a similar unmoulded four-light window to the left. There is a four-centred arch doorway to the right with remnants of an early plank door, and a similar doorway to the left, which is distinguished by a flight of four steps. An unusually fine moulded ashlar double opening for a bread oven is present on the facade. The left return elevation is built into the hillside and appears to be single storey, with two window openings that originally lit the upper floor of the building; this area is now open to the rafters in the left-hand, main portion.

Local climate

The Malthouse, 10 Metres East of Hill Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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