Maltings in England - English Heritage

Newark Pattern
Then there is the Newark type. This type usually had three storeys, (though see below) and
usually the bottom and top floors were the ones on which the barley was grown, with the barley
and malt storage areas on the middle floor, but of course separate. The steep was more or less
75. Plan of the ground floor. Kiln Warehouse, Trentside, Newark.
next to the kiln and the working pattern was such that the soaked barley was emptied from the
steep onto the bottom growing floor and moved along that floor until it was part grown. It was
then moved (hoisted) to the top
growing floor and worked back to
the kiln, the furnace of which was
usually by the steep on the bottom
floor. There is, however, at least
one example with only two storeys,
Boxley, Kent, and sometimes there
was a fourth loft storey.
76. Malthouse, Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire.
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