Description and History of Site:-
The malting premises comprised a growing floor and malt chamber with a drying kiln and cooling passage. The proprietor's house, also in Grange Place was converted into a beerhouse called the Crown Inn, some time prior to 1879. The maltings may originally have formed part of the adjacent Bank Brewery premises, but has been wholly demolished. The Crown beerhouse closed in 1950, but still stands. The first reference to a maltkiln on the site occurs in a valuation of 1843, when in the ownership and occupation of Thomas Firth,grocer and maltster. A copyhold assignment of May 1851 refers to a maltkiln formerly used as a brewery, late in the occupation of James and Joseph Greenwood, millers and maltsters, but now of Thomas Firth; a messuage lately erected by the said Thomas Firth close to the maltkiln; three messuages at the brewery, formerly in posession of Robert King (partner in Jarrold, King and Co., brewers) but now of others. In 1854, the title to the property passed from L.E. Aked to John and Henry Haigh, cotton spinners, along with Regulator Mill. They, in turn, sold the maltings, house and three cottages to Charles Whiteley of Sowerby Bridge, maltster. Whiteley continued in business for some time at Bank Maltings, but the estate was sold in 1879 to Richard Crowther, occupant of the Crown Inn, the malt kiln described as in use as a warehouse by Messrs Crompton and Sykes. John Hardy owned and occupied the building as a workshop in 1886, but in 1895 the former maltings had been converted for use as a lodging house. Crown Inn beerhouse continued in business until 1950 and the building now stands empty.

Further Reading and References:-
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale, SM:40-46; various valuations; Halifax Guardian July 1879.

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Key Words :- malting malt house lodging house workshop

Viewing the Site :- All the buildings are now demolished, save for the former Crown beerhouse (SE 06294 23739) which is visible from Wharf Street, close to the entrance of Grange Place.

Address :- Grange Place, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX6 2AB
Grid Ref :- SE 06291 23754
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.710172 , Long -1.906168
Local Authority :- Calderdale Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site cleared - no above ground remains visible
Site Dates :- Pre 1843 -
Record Date :- 5 December 2016

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