Key Words :- maltings

Address :- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Grid Ref :- TL 852 653
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.254694 , Long 0.711898
Local Authority :- West Suffolk Council
Pre 1974 County :- Suffolk
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant

Description and History of Site:-
Gough's Maltings on Thingoe Hill was the last floor maltings in the county.

Following closure the site was cleared for housing redevelopment in 1994/95.

Remembered in street names, Maltings Way, Malthouse Walk. Only two of the maltings cottages survive.

Further Reading and References:-
Alderton, David and Booker, John. 'The Batsford Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of East Anglia'. Batsford, 1980
Alderton, David. 'Industrial Archaeology in and around Norfolk'. 1981

https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/Monument/MSF24781
http://www.stedmundsburychronicle.co.uk/maltsters/maltsters.htm

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