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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NW 517
Type of record:Monument
Name:St Stephen's Maltings, Canterbury

Summary

Large nineteenth century maltings (dis)


Grid Reference:TR 1480 5870
Map Sheet:TR15NW
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • MALTINGS (MALTINGS, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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St Stephen's Maltings, Malthouse Rd, Canterbury. Large C19 floor maltings adjacent to railway line, now converted to car showroom on ground floor (1) It was built in 1898 by Mackersons' the brewers based at Hythe. From 1874 there was a rail link with Canterbury. It has a rail sliding which runs along the north side of the building and a road on the south side. Included on the site are four terraced workers' houses, which in 1902/3 were occupied by Wm. Spratt, Geo. Pout, David Woodcock and Geo. Drey Wood. St. Stephen's Malthouse was split into three sections. As seen from the south side, the right where the malting floors, in the middle where the kilns, and the left was the cooling room and the storage hoppers.(2)


<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Site visit by DC Eve (KCC SMR) 1996 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, TRADITIONAL KENT BUILDINGS, NO.4 1985 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Site visit by DC Eve (KCC SMR) 1996.
<2>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. TRADITIONAL KENT BUILDINGS, NO.4 1985.

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