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The Snape Maltings site was bought in 1841 by businessman Newson
Garrett.
By 1844, he had created large warehouses and an extensive malting operation
at Snape and was sending 17,000 quarts of barley a year to brewers
in London and Newcastle.
Ed Sheeran performed at Snape Maltings Concert Hall in 2021 for the Radio 1 Big
Weekend (Victoria Jones/PA)
(PA Archive)
New buildings erected between around 1846 and 1859 were reputedly
designed by Mr Garrett and constructed using red and white brick from his
own brickworks at Aldeburgh.
The site went into decline after the Second World War and was put up for
sale in 1965.
The largest of the former malthouses was acquired and converted into a
concert hall by the Aldeburgh Festival, which was founded in 1948 by
composer Benjamin Britten, singer Peter Pears and opera librettist and
theatrical director Eric Crozier.
