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Queen Elizabeth II opened Snape Concert Hall in 1967Credit: Clive Strutt

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.

Snape Maltings, which is owned and run by the music, arts and heritage charity
Britten Pears Arts, is now also home to independent shops, art galleries and cafes.

Snape Maltings Concert Hall has been newly listed at Grade II* by the Department
for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice of Historic England.

Other buildings at the site are now listed at Grade II – the Britten Pears Building and
Former Turning Gallery, and the Former Granaries.