It was due to go up for auction on Monday but there’s no need now as The Maltings in Stone has been sold.
The former Joule’s Brewery malthouse has planning permission to convert it into two ground-floor retail units and three apartments, although the permission expires in February.
It was due to go up for auction on Monday 18th January but an offer was made and contracts exchanged earlier this week. It’s not know who the new owner is or what their plans for the building are.
The Maltings, on Crown Street and alongside Adie’s Alley, is thought to have been built in 1780 and was a malthouse for Joules’s brewery in the town until 1908. The Grade II listed building has been owned since 1963 by Stone Ford car dealers Hill and Swift and they received planning permission in February 2013 before putting the building on the market.
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The news comes in the same week that the old Joule’s shop on the High Street – which has been empty for years – has also been sold. Again, it’s not yet known who the new owner is.
