The Maltings

The Maltings is a large industrial building dating from the 18th century, constructed primarily of red brick with pale limestone banding. It comprises three distinct blocks. The west and central blocks share a similar appearance, each with a gabled front elevation facing north onto Tyndall Street, and a pair of rectangular malting kilns located at the rear. These blocks are connected at the front, creating a passage between them, although floors have been inserted into this passage. The east block is simpler in design, with a gable facing south and a steeply hipped roof covering a modern corrugated material.

The west block's north elevation has five bays and five storeys, topped with a pedimented gable containing a large round window, which is partially blocked. A pale limestone course runs along the eaves, below a series of square windows; the central bay was formerly a loading door, now providing access to a modern metal fire escape. Further pale limestone courses are present at windowsill level, and below, tall round-headed arches contain recessed windows spanning the remaining four storeys. The third-floor windows are camber-lined, while those on the first and second floors are round-headed, and the ground-floor windows have stone lintels. The west return elevation, with eleven bays, mirrors the north front's detailing, with a loading door in the central bay of the top storey. The rear (south) elevation reveals a pair of rectangular malting kilns with pyramidal slate roofs and raised ventilators. Two square-headed windows face south, and a band course runs at sill level. Round-headed windows are located at the third floor level, with three facing west and six facing south. Three horizontal band courses are present, along with small square windows on the first floor, and ground-floor windows grouped in threes, mirroring the main elevations.

The central block projects forward one bay towards Tyndall Street, creating an open-arched loading bay on the ground floor. It features a pedimented gable with a large round window. Five bays are present, similar in style to the west block, but with double-height wooden glazing in the second and fourth bays, the glazing in the second bay projecting from the wall. Ground-floor arches are round-headed and open, with small round windows above. A tall chimney is situated to the left. A single bay return to the west has square-headed windows with limestone lintels and sills, and an open chambered arch on the ground floor. The entrance facade to the passage, connecting to the west block, features a small gable with a window and three square-headed windows at eaves level. A tall segmental arch, asymmetrically placed, rises to the fourth floor and holds square-headed windows to its left. The passage elevations reflect those of the blocks, but floors have been inserted, supported by I-beams. The rear (south) elevations of the central block's malting kilns are similar to those of the west block, but distinguished by a yellow brick band at the eaves and simpler window detailing.

The east block is also built of red brick, but with a slightly lower eaves level. Its north elevation to Tyndall Street features small windows at eaves level and three arches defining a loading bay on the ground floor. It connects to the central block with an entrance to the yard. The west return has seven small windows at eaves level, along with an entrance to a loading bay. Behind this is a further range of five storeys and ten bays; camber-headed windows are recessed between buttresses, with doors to fire escapes at the end bays.