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Snape Maltings concert hall in Suffolk
granted Grade II* listed status by Historic
England
Snape Maltings in Suffolk has been given Grade II* listed status.Credit: Historic England
Archive
A concert hall that was opened by the Queen and has hosted an Ed Sheeran
performance has been granted listed status.
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, on the bank of the River Alde, is close to Sheeran’s
Suffolk home and was chosen by the singer-songwriter as the venue for his Radio 1
Big Weekend gig last year.
The concert hall was opened by the Queen in 1967. Just two years after it was
opened, 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 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.
