This is the rear view of the Old Maltings building between the Vineyard and Waitrose. The building was converted in 1999 from Malt making to the Vale Housing Association offices.

Situated in the town centre, it is easy for tenants to reach.

The front door and surround is of the glossy white shiney kind with a lift for the disabled and a revolving door.

The Vale Housing Association owns and maintains over 5,000 properties, most of which it brought twelve years ago from the Vale of White Horse District Council. The association have built over 100 homes in the last year for rent or share ownership.

These are often part of larger private developments where the developer is required to allow a certain proportion of social housing.

This building alongside the Old Malthouse is only a few years old, and has been made to look like the building that stood there before. That building collapsed unfortunately during redevelopment.

Development continues to the rear of the Old Maltings building, at The Maltings. These appartments and houses are being promoted by Persimmon Homes with the slogan “Oxford commuters make an educated move to Abingdon.”

They say “At Persimmon we recognise the importance of local history and the need for new buildings to sympathise with the existing environment.”