Description

ALDBOURNE SOUTH STREET (east side)
SU 27 NE 9/66
Malt House in grounds of No 13 South Street

II

Malthouse and attached kiln. C19. Sarsen rubble with brick quoins and dressings. Roof part tiled, part thatch, renewed 1984. 2-storey, 7 bays, small openings to street all but one blocked. Cart access to rear. Roof hipped both ends and with circular tile hung flue of kiln emerging from tiled section, capped with revolving cowl, the vane being a standing maltster, 1828 or earlier, but renovated. Interior: Malting floor removed but rendered white band on red painted stonework survives. Queen strut truss with 2 tiers of butt purlins. Kiln does not survive and support for flue renewed. The barn was the setting for Charles McEvoy's production of 'The Village Wedding' attended by George Bernard Shaw, Edgar Wallace and others in 1910, a notable village event.

Listing NGR: SU2664275520

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26285682

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair