Langley Green Maltings, Oldbury, West Midlands.
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries Ltd
Gallery: Langley Green Maltings
Maltings site up for sale in 2006
Barley bins and kiln vents
Looking out over the Black Country
The façade beside the canal
The maltings was built in 1898 for Showells Crosswell Brewery
The maltings passed to W&D in 1944
When it closed in 2005, it was Britain's biggest floor maltings producing around 5000 tonnes a year
Facing the Titford Canal - at 511 feet above sealevel it is one of Britain's highest
The Bridge pub from the maltings
Modern barley storage and the canal
Detail of the modern building
Barley bins from across the canal
Grain storage and the old maltings
There is a lot of wood about
There is a lot of wood about
Schematic of barley plant
Details of the plant schematic
Hopper above a xteep vessel
One of six floors, each with two 9.2 tonne pieces on each
There are two malt houses with three floors in each
Pretty chilly on a February day
Boby barrow for loading the kiln
Langley Green Maltings in 2005