Lower Sheering

Conservation Area (in Hertfordshire) to the north-west, sharing a contiguous boundary along Station Road and the River Stort. The area Lower Sheering Conservation Area adjoins the Sawbridgeworth comprises an extensive group of mid-late 19th century Maltings which lie either side of the London-Cambridge railway line.

Listed Grade II, the buildings were constructed for the local malting company H.A. and D. Taylor Ltd. from about 1860 onwards. The Maltings to the west of the railway remained in use for their original purpose until the late 1940's. They are unusual in form in that instead of being multi-floored (like the Maltings to the east), several malthouses are ranged end-to-end. The Maltings east of the railway were constructed later and are both higher and bolder in design. They remained in use until 1983 when the site was sold. The buildings have since been sensitively converted to residential use.

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