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TM0558 STATION ROAD 614-1/4/113 (South side) 19/04/72 The Maltings (Formerly Listed as: STATION ROAD (South side) Malthouse (Malga Products Limited))

GV II

Malthouse, then warehouse, now restaurant and leisure centre. Late C18 and later. Flint and brick under roofs of pantiles or slate. L-shaped plan, the major arm running north-south, the minor east-west, both terminating in a kiln with conical flue. 2 storeys and attics. At north end of long arm is the restaurant. Whole flints with brick dressings and piers, one storey and attic. Segmental-arched openings at intervals. Mansard slate roof with two C20 sloping dormers to east and west faces. Immediately south is the kiln with its louvred conical flue and, to the east a long outshut. East face of the main range with a deep outshut to the pantiled roof extending to the ground level. West side of 2 storeys and dormer attic. Whitewashed brick. Ground floor with 9 openings for loading shutes under segmental heads, intended for barges on adjacent River Gipping. One ground-floor entrance at south end and 2 first-floor loading doors flanked by irregular fenestration. 2 sloping dormers in roof. East-west range has a large outshut attached to south side. Half-hipped roof at east end. Attached to north of east end is a square malting kiln with a tall pyramid roof on a single-storey whitewashed brick plinth. Louvre at apex. To the right the east-west range has various windows, a loading lucam and 2 sloping dormers. INTERIOR. Square post construction with tie beams on straight braces. No original equipment or fittings remain.

Listing NGR: TM0509758766

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas