This website is written in-house by Alice Garrett, with occasional contributions from Tom in the kitchen, Mrs Crowe on matters of housekeeping, and Robert on matters of the building's history and the maltster's records. All text published on the site is signed off by a member of the family before it goes up.
How we check what we say
Historical claims about the maltings and the village are checked against the Suffolk Record Office at Ipswich, the Suffolk Maltings Survey of 1738 (transcribed by Dr Margaret Henning in 1987 and held at the SRO), the Smithson family papers held by the Suffolk Maltings Trust at Snape, the Historic England listing record (1029487), and the conservation report produced for the 2019–2023 restoration by Helena Garrett, Bury St Edmunds. The 1762–1948 maltster's day-books are kept in the upper library and may be consulted by guests on application to reception.
Claims about the natural history of the Blyth estuary rest on the RSPB reserve survey reports for Walberswick and Westleton, kept at the RSPB Minsmere office, and on our own daily observation, recorded in the Estuary Note since opening. The marsh-harrier nest record is from the Suffolk Wildlife Trust survey for the upper Blyth.
On the use of drafting tools
We occasionally use drafting assistance to tidy a paragraph or to suggest a structure for a new page. No published text on this site goes up without a member of the family reading and signing off the final version, and the voice on the site is intended to be ours and no one else's. If anything reads false, please write and tell us.
What we do when we get something wrong
If we publish something incorrect — a date, a name, a measurement, a claim about the building — please write to reception@blythmaltingshouse.com. We will correct the page within a few days, and where the correction is substantial we will note it at the bottom of the page with the date of the change.
This page itself is reviewed annually, during the January closure when the house is quiet.