Malt House

The Malt House is a large maltings building from the turn of the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick and has a natural slate roof. This hybrid Ware/multi-storey type building consists of three blocks, with each elevation featuring regularly spaced full-height brick pilasters that rise to a cogged brick cornice.

The northeast block likely contained barley storage in its loft storeys, with growing floors below. It stands three storeys tall, with three additional loft storeys, making a total of six storeys visible from the gable end. The long northwest elevation has six bays with small windows that are evenly spaced. The roof features two sets of gabled, four-light dormers, with the lower set having three dormers and the upper set having two.

The northeast gable end is seven bays wide, with small windows that are symmetrically aligned. The central bay has a projecting gabled pentice over the taking-in doors, which rises through the fourth and fifth storeys. The central range of the building includes three malting kilns beneath a single rectangular hipped roof that is positioned at right angles to the northeast and southwest blocks. This section is three bays wide and rises to four storeys in height. There is a later two-storey opening cut through the central bay, and three small primary window openings at the fourth floor level are now blocked. The ridge features three square slate-hung cowls, indicating the presence of the three kilns inside.

The southwest block, located beyond the kilns, likely served as a malt storage area. It is three bays wide and has a double pile form, with a single small opening in the central bay at the fourth floor level and a later five-light casement window at the extreme right end. There is a single-storey vehicular opening in the central bay at ground floor level. The twin gables of the southwest elevation are rendered and consist of three bays each, rising to five storeys. Each gable features a high-set porthole window, with three small openings beneath at the fourth floor level.