Description

MISTLEY SCHOOL ROAD
TM 1131

10/256 Maltings, Nos 3 and 4
adjacent to School Road
30.7.75 (Formerly listed as west
range of Malthouses, adjacent
to School Lane)

GV II

Double range maltings. Circa 1896-1900. For Free, Rodwell and Co. Ltd. Iron
work by J.R.M. Fitch, Lawford Ironworks, Manningtree. Red brick with yellow
brick dressings. Gabled returns, grey slate roofs. 5 storeys. North face of 2
large blocks each with 2 gables and central carriageway of 4 storeys with link
floor over and gable, i.e. 5 gables. Each gable of 2 bays with pilasters
between alternately extending to gable apices, plinth, richly moulded and
dentilled band to each storey, continuing through pilasters, similar moulding to
gables. 2 oculi to each gable. 3 light ventilator windows to each bay and
storey, each with brick segmental head and moulded keystone. Most windows
retain their central louvre and narrow side vents but 3 on the 4th storey are
partly blocked. Ventilators under each window of 2nd, 3rd and 4th storeys.
Corbels to 4th storey of carriageway support arched braces with roundels and
tracery to lintel. West face, adjacent to School Road. Of 15 bays with similar
decoration to north face but the 3 southern bays have no bands. Bays 10, 11 and
12 break forward and have scrolls to return copings, to the east these bays form
a gabled crosswing one storey higher than the main building. Moulded circular
tie plates to the 3 lower storeys of each pilaster of the first 9 bays. The
second bay has vertically boarded doors with segmental heads matching those of
the windows, to each storey. Interior features include red quarry tile malting
floors. Rubble separator. Various hoists, chutes and conveyors. 4 steeping
tanks. Power shovel. Barley store. Cast iron columns with moulded capitals to
each bay and floor. Cast iron linking bridge across carriageway, q.v. No. 1
Maltings 10/249 for references and history.

Listing NGR: TM1196631596

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533233

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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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