Loughborough In 50 Buildings

Explore the rich history of Loughborough in this guided tour through its most fascinating historic and modern buildings.

A fascinating exploration of Chiswick’s architectural treasures and notable landmarks from across the centuries.

Discover the architectural treasures and history of this favourite Dorset seaside resort of Bournemouth in a fascinating tour of 50 of its ancient and modern buildings and landmarks.

Explores the rich and fascinating history of Truro through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.

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The Buildings of the Malting Industry is a fascinating book on the buildings that have helped make our much loved beer over the centuries. Malt is one of the main ingredients of beer, yet the buildings in which it was and is now produced have received very little attention, although most towns and many villages had their own malthouse and kiln. This is the first book to address the paucity of detail on maltings which historically were to be found in all English counties. Today evidence for a malthouse may just be a name on a building or street. However, where they survive the pyramidal roofs clearly demonstrate the presence of a malthouse as do other less recognisable features. This book gives details of early malt kilns and shows how they changed over the centuries. Early buildings were essentially vernacular ones but by the mid-19th century some firms were using specialist architects. Then in the 20th century there was more engineering input to new maltings, in particular with the development of the pneumatic process. This once widespread industry is now mainly confined to the eastern side of the country. Elsewhere surviving maltings have been converted to other uses and examples of these are given. There are illustrations of the exteriors and interiors of malthouses and kilns which show some of the developments and how some buildings have been reused.