Description

STOWMARKET

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580523

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