This place was built between 1901 and 1906 for the sole purpose of facilitating three key stages in the beer making process. The site was originally purchased by Bass Ratcliff & Greeton Ltd in 1901 and plans for the huge site were prepared by Mr H A Couchman who had prepared designs for various other Bass projects. The site itself comprises of approximately 500,000 sq ft of floorspace and cost at the time roughly £350,000 to construct. The main construction comprises of 8 huge malt houses, a large central water tower close to a tall chimney and the engine houses plus a few smaller ancillary buildings.
Considered to be of special architectural and historical interest, the Sleaford Bass Malting’s were Grade II listed in 1974. only two years later a severe fire spread through the central area which suffered considerable damage. Despite the intensity of the blaze, the structural integrity of the majority of the buildings remained intact due to the quality of the original construction, and this fact probably played a key role in saving the building from demolition when an application was made in 1982.
Visited with AndyK of Behind Closed Doors Photography and Kriegaffe. This is one of those places that is not a million miles away from me but I have never visited, despite having seen many a nice picture coming from these buildings. When the suggestion was made I jumped at the chance to got grab a few snaps of that spiral staircase. The place is pretty huge and really dominates the skyline as you approach! We only got into a couple of buildings but thankfully one of those was the water tower with the famous staircase
. Rooftop was fun, although a little too cold wet and windy to stay up there too long! Enjoy the photos:
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Considered to be of special architectural and historical interest, the Sleaford Bass Malting’s were Grade II listed in 1974. only two years later a severe fire spread through the central area which suffered considerable damage. Despite the intensity of the blaze, the structural integrity of the majority of the buildings remained intact due to the quality of the original construction, and this fact probably played a key role in saving the building from demolition when an application was made in 1982.
Visited with AndyK of Behind Closed Doors Photography and Kriegaffe. This is one of those places that is not a million miles away from me but I have never visited, despite having seen many a nice picture coming from these buildings. When the suggestion was made I jumped at the chance to got grab a few snaps of that spiral staircase. The place is pretty huge and really dominates the skyline as you approach! We only got into a couple of buildings but thankfully one of those was the water tower with the famous staircase
. Rooftop was fun, although a little too cold wet and windy to stay up there too long! Enjoy the photos:1.
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Thanks for looking
