Malting Barn And Double Kiln, St Magdalene's Distillery, Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow

The Malting Barn and Double Kiln at St Magdalene's Distillery in Linlithgow were built in 1880. The malting barn is a four-storey, 13-bay rectangular building connected to a two-storey double kiln featuring pagoda roofs. It is constructed from coursed cream sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and rock-faced window surrounds. The windows are symmetrically placed, with smaller windows in the upper three storeys, and the building has an eaves course and quoins.

On the north (street) elevation, there are six bays at the ground and first floors, with 13 symmetrical bays in the upper storeys. The entrance features a tall narrow four-centred arch doorpiece located off-centre to the left, with a chamfered surround, keystone, and fanlight. To the right, there is a four-centred arch opening with a keystone dated 1880, and above this is a bipartite window at the first floor. The top storey has a shouldered-arch loading door with a gabled dormerhead above. The remaining bays contain small windows in the upper storey, and there is a door in the return to the left.

The south (rear) elevation has a door off-centre to the right with a window flanking it. The upper three storeys feature 13 symmetrical bays, each with a small window, except for the door to the first floor on the outer left, which has a metal forestair.

The west (side) elevation consists of four bays with small windows symmetrically arranged in each bay for the upper three storeys, including fire escape doors on the outer right.

Inside, the building has cast-iron columns that support wooden floors.

The double kilns are a lower two-storey block attached to the east of the malting barn and set back from the street. The north (street) elevation of the kilns features a segmental-headed opening at the centre with two-leaf boarded doors that are suspended on a sliding track, flanked by windows. There are two small windows at the first floor. The windows have wooden mullions and transoms, with wooden shutters on the lower part and fixed panes above. The roof is covered with grey slate and has double pagoda roofs for the kilns.