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1 June 2022
Snape Maltings Concert Hall gets listed
status upgrade
IMAGE SOURCE,SIMON MORTIMER/GEOGRAPH Ed Sheeran has played at the venue, and
described its location as a "beautiful setting"
A classical music venue that was opened by the Queen has been upgraded to
Grade II* listed status.
Snape Maltings Concert Hall opened in 1967, primarily for Benjamin Britten's
Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk.
Two years later a fire reduced it to a shell, but with the help of a fundraising appeal it
was restored and reopened in 1970.
The Snape Maltings site, on the banks of the River Alde, was bought in 1841 by
businessman Newson Garrett.
By 1844, Garrett had created large warehouses and an extensive malting operation
that was sending 17,000 quarts of barley a year to brewers in London and Newcastle
at its peak.
