I'd somehow never managed to visit Sleaford Maltings before so on a recent trip I was pleased that we made the time.
The Maltings were established by Bass in 1901, with production beginning in 1906. There are 8 Malt houses, Drying Kilns, Boiler House, Beam Engine House, Water Tower and Ancillary Buildings. Originally the Maltings were designed to have 16 malt houses which would have been opposite the current eight and would have doubled the size of the complex.
The malting's remained in production until 1958 when they were closed after changes to the way that malt was produced. The buildings went on to become a chicken farm / food process plant which ws closed following the construction of the neighboring housing estates.
The remaining buildings are grade 2* listed.
In places the condition of Sleaford is excellent (anywhere with a stone or concrete floor) in others its very poor through rot and fire damage. In the first block we went in WOTS almost went through a floor that looked to be in reasonable condition. The state of the floors (or lack of them) made getting through each block interesting, especially on floor less walkways with 5 or 6 story drops below!
Anyway enough waffle more pictures:
Frontage, with Chicken Cages
Inside a Malt House
Walkways, Notice the main drive shaft that ran through all the Malt Houses from the Beam Engine house
More from the Malt Houses
Fire Damage & Fooked Floors
Beam Engine House, Water Tower and Chimney
No Floors at all
Lethal Walkways, 6 Floors up
Again a lack of floor, many of the I beams were no longer bolted or riveted where they had warped in the fire.
Kiln
Inside the Boiler House
Sorry its a bit picture intensive, this place is huge.
The Maltings were established by Bass in 1901, with production beginning in 1906. There are 8 Malt houses, Drying Kilns, Boiler House, Beam Engine House, Water Tower and Ancillary Buildings. Originally the Maltings were designed to have 16 malt houses which would have been opposite the current eight and would have doubled the size of the complex.
The malting's remained in production until 1958 when they were closed after changes to the way that malt was produced. The buildings went on to become a chicken farm / food process plant which ws closed following the construction of the neighboring housing estates.
The remaining buildings are grade 2* listed.
In places the condition of Sleaford is excellent (anywhere with a stone or concrete floor) in others its very poor through rot and fire damage. In the first block we went in WOTS almost went through a floor that looked to be in reasonable condition. The state of the floors (or lack of them) made getting through each block interesting, especially on floor less walkways with 5 or 6 story drops below!
Anyway enough waffle more pictures:
Frontage, with Chicken Cages
Inside a Malt House
Walkways, Notice the main drive shaft that ran through all the Malt Houses from the Beam Engine house
More from the Malt Houses
Fire Damage & Fooked Floors
Beam Engine House, Water Tower and Chimney
No Floors at all
Lethal Walkways, 6 Floors up
Again a lack of floor, many of the I beams were no longer bolted or riveted where they had warped in the fire.
Kiln
Inside the Boiler House
Sorry its a bit picture intensive, this place is huge.
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I always like seeing this place and you've got some really great perspective shots here that I have'nt seen before. Great work mate 
Yukk!
