Survey Data
Reg No
14819101
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Maltings
In Use As
Restaurant
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
205749, 204839
Date Recorded
26/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached six-bay four-storey former malt house, built c.1800, with two-bay three-storey projection to south-east. Now a restaurant and bed and breakfast. Located beside the River Camcor. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tile, yellow brick chimneystacks and dormer windows to rear. Pyramidal slate roof with sprocketed eaves and four-faced clock to projecting bays. Random coursed limestone walls with tooled quoins. Yellow brick quoins to projecting bays. Yellow brick to ground floor with string course. Replacement uPVC windows with yellow brick surrounds. Red brick window surrounds to ground floor of projecting bays. Segmental-headed yellow brick door opening with modern glazed door, sidelights and fanlight inserted. Accessed from glazed metal awning. Square-headed door openings to north-east. Set on riverbank with small park, apartments and former maltings to east.
Appraisal
This former malt house forms part of a group of architecturally and historically important distillery buildings. Though now altered, and in commercial use, the building has retained much of its original fabric, which adds to its architectural appeal. The limestone walls, contrasting with the yellow brick, adds colour and textural variation to the structure. The spocketed eaves and clock are noteworthy features, enlivening the upper portion of the building.