View of former Maltings, 136-138 Calton Road, Edinburgh, from NW.

Description View of former Maltings, 136-138 Calton Road, Edinburgh, from NW.

Date 5/5/2013

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number DP 188708

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content This shows the former maltings of the Balmoral Brewery at 136 and 138 Calton Road, Edinburgh, now converted to housing. The Balmoral Brewery was established on this site in the mid-19th century for Gordon Blair. The distinctive pagoda-style roof to its malt kiln (left) is a style usually associated with distilleries rather than breweries. This malt kiln was added in the late 1890s, as it is not shown on the OS 1:500 map of 1895. The brewery closed by 1937, with many of the buildings demolished. By 1966 the maltings were in use as a motor repair workshop, and in 1982 it was converted to housing by Nicholas Groves-Raines, architect. A three-storeyed rubble-built block stretches uphill along Campbell's Close (beyond the malt kiln), while the boundary wall which surrounded a gasometer in the adjacent site has been incorporated into this large block of housing stretching along Calton Road and returning uphill along Lochend Close(right). The main maltings block and malt kiln retain many features from their original function, including ventilation lanterns rising from the roof ridge, small window openings and timbered hoist platforms on the east elevation of the malt kiln. A timbered balcony has been added on the north gable end stack of the main block. The modern addition is harled at the upper storeys, with a large glazed canted bay on the corner at top floor level.

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