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The Maltings, High Street
Grade II, listed 28th August 2007
Listing Description
Former brewery, empty at the time of inspection. c.1860 with additions of 1884 and the early C20. Built for William Sharpe. Red brick with moulded brick and stone dressings and Welsh slate roof coverings, replaced in some areas with C20 corrugated sheeting.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION:- The former brewery now known as The Maltings at Sileby is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:- (1) It is a nationally-rare surviving example of a small-scale mid-C19 brewery with an integral floor maltings; (2) It retains well-preserved examples of the key process buildings associated with the brewing process; (3) The individual buildings are distinctive in character and appearance, and retain significant interior detail associated with their individual functions within the brewing process; (4) The buildings form a coherent ensemble of attached and functionally related buildings which also share common external architectural detailing.
More detailed information: https://www.charnwood.gov.uk/listed_buildings/the_maltings_high_street_sileby