malt-house

For many years nearly all improvements in malting processes originated abroad, as numberless Acts of Parliament fettered every process and the use of every implement requisite in a malt-house in this country.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 Various

They who have said that the Gothic Cathedral is nothing but a work of associated sculpture are not far wrong, and to produce a lovely building, one would rather have the blankest malt-house or brewery in New York, and some good carvers set to work upon it, than to have the richest architectural achievement of our time, devoid as it is and must be of decorative sculpture.

The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890 Various

The Dutch and German maltsters generally prefer having their lower or working floor under ground; but this I take to be a bad plan, unless in elevated situations, or where the soil is dry and gravelly; for if any spring of water or damp arises in the malt-house floor, or walls so placed, the injury to the malt is very great, and should be carefully guarded against.

The American Practical Brewer and Tanner Joseph Coppinger

Trap doors should be placed at proper distances in the upper malt-house floor, to facilitate the shovelling of the couches from the lower to the upper floor.

The American Practical Brewer and Tanner Joseph Coppinger

In the meantime bear with me, gentle reader (I beseech thee), that lead thee from the description of the plentiful diet of our country unto the fond report of a servile trade, or rather from a table delicately furnished into a musty malt-house; but such is now thy hap, wherefore I pray thee be contented.

Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart

And he turned his face to the dark of the malt-house, and there, sitting on a barrel, with a slice of the sunset falling through a slit on her corn-coloured hair, was Gillian.

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1921

And stepping into the malt-house he offered Robin six keys.

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1921

And as happy as children they ran hand-in-hand out of the malt-house and down the road to Hardham.

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1921

It came from the malt-house, which is the most beautiful building in Sussex.

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1921

But knowing himself to be too much given to fancies he decided to lay those ghosts by investigation, and he went up to the malt-house and looked inside.

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1921