Description

LICHFIELD

SK10NW BIRMINGHAM ROAD, Sandfields
1094-1/3/244 (West side (off))
Former Malthouse to the rear of
Magnet Joinery

GV II

Malthouse. 1874. By George Scamell of London; for City Brewery
Co. Brick with buff brick and ashlar dressings; slate roofs.
Rectangular plan. 3-storey, 12-window, range with 5-storey
cross-wing. North elevation, facing railway, has coped gable
to wing to right end; steep hipped roof running north-south,
to left of centre, with louvre under pyramidal roof at each
end. Windows have sills and buff brick segmental heads, but
those to top floor have ashlar lintels; most windows in tall
recesses with top cogged cornices; originally with small-paned
glazing, now shuttered. Part under hip has central
round-headed recess with 1st floor entrance. Gabled timber
hoist canopies to right of centre and to wing. Right return,
4-window range has windows in tall recesses and small C20
addition to left end. Rear has similar details. Brewing was an
important local industry from the late C19, of which little
evidence survives.
(Victoria History of the County of Stafford: Greenslade M W:
Lichfield: Oxford: 1990-: P.127-8).

Listing NGR: SK1142408542

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586042

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