Concrete Maltkilns, Newark

Concrete Maltkilns, Mather Road, Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire

Hole's Concrete Maltings are of note for their mass (ie un-reinforced) concrete construction. They were leased to Baird's Maltings in about 1934, who continued to supply Hole's brewery. After closure they were used as warehouses. The interior of Number 1 was gutted by fire in 1992, but has been rebuilt internally as offices. Number 2 has been restructured as apartments.

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  2011

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  2011

Both are listed buildings. Below are the Listing descriptions.

Concrete Kiln Number 1 is Grade 2-star listed (List entry Number: 1196290), as follows:

Kiln Warehouse: Grade II*

Former maltings, now warehouse. 1857, with late C20 alterations. Built for John Hole, brewer. Mass concrete, rendered externally, with hipped Welsh slate roofs. Plinth, first and second floor bands, moulded eaves. Modified regular fenestration, mainly with segment headed openings. 3 storeys; 18 window range, the river front divided into 6 hipped bays. Fourth bay has a central door on each floor, the top one extending into the roof as a gabled dormer. In front of them, a steel hoist gantry. Third bay has on the first floor two inserted segment headed 3-light casements, and below, a door to left. Second bay has a door to right on ground and first floors. Rear has a recessed centre with 6 windows and at either end a double door. Above, a gabled wooden hoist canopy with 3 windows to left and 4 to right. On the ground floor, 8 windows flanked at either end by a door, the left one with round head and keystone. Projecting kilns, at either end, have separate hipped roofs with ventilators. Blank first floors with 5 windows above and 4 round headed windows below. South end has kiln to left with blank first floor and 4 windows above and below, the lower left one blocked. North end has similar fenestration. Interior has wooden floors carried on iron columns, and wooden staircases. Kilns have furnace spaces below and perforated tile floors above. This building is an early example of mass concrete construction.

Concrete Kiln Number 2 is Grade 2 listed (List entry Number: 1228818), as follows:

North Malt Warehouse: Grade II

Maltings, now warehouse. c1870, with mid C20 alterations. Built for John Hole, brewer. Mass concrete, rendered externally, with hipped Welsh slate roofs. Regular fenestration with segment headed windows. 3 storeys; 18 window range, the river front divided into 6 hipped bays. River front has 8 windows flanked by single loft doors and beyond on either side, 4 windows. Second floor and ground floor have similar fenestration, with a door inserted on the ground floor between the 2 left windows. Rear has a 3 storey kiln at each end, flush with the face. Fenestration altered by the insertion of a pair of gigantic double doors at either end of the central block. Beyond them, on either side, a large pair of double doors. On the second floor, a central gabled hoist canopy. South end has kiln to left with blank first floor and 6 windows above and below. Range to right has 6 windows on each floor. North end has similar fenestration. Interior has a large section of the floors removed and replaced by tall square reinforced concrete columns. Surviving floors are carried on iron columns. Kiln spaces survive. This building is an early example of mass concrete construction.