Description

TQ 75 NE BOXLEY THE STREET (west side)

5/109 Malthouse Cottage and Maltings Adjoining

G.V. II

Maltings or oasts. Late C18. Part converted to cottage. Cottage chequered red and grey brick. Maltings chequered brick on ground floor, ashlared chalk on first floor with plain tile roof. 2 square kilns with long stowages, one parallel to road with kiln at left end, the other at right angles, with stowage adjoin- ing rear of first kiln. 2 storeys on galletted stone plinth. Cowls missing from kilns. Stowage parallel to road: has hipped roof to right. Elevation to road has 3 small evenly-spaced rectangular windows to first floor with pegged wooden archi- traves and cills and wood diamond mullions. Plank door at left end of stowage the full height of the first floor. Ground floor has 3 regularly-spaced windows with segmental heads, stone cills and iron diamond mullions, one under the first floor door and one under the gap between each of first floor windows. Left end elevation: kiln nearest road has small eaves dormer. Stowage joining the kilns has irregular fenestration. Plank door with segmental head at right end. Cottage: converted from kiln furthest from road. 2 storeys on brick plinth with dentilled parapet. Rear stack. Plain dormer towards top of roof. Plain square C20 plate-glass window in centre of first floor in place of larger blocked window. C19 panelled door with flat hood on carved brackets. External use of ashlared chalk in this area unusual.

Listing NGR: TQ7733258920

External Links

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Recommended Books

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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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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)