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The Malt Cross is a building in Nottingham, England. It is situated on St James Street in Nottingham city centre, off the Old Market Square. The building was built in 1877 and is one of only a few Victorian era still standing. It was a café bar that hosted live music events until its closure on 18 July 2018.
On 15 August 2018 it was announced that the Malt Cross would re-open in September as a result of a new partnership between the existing trustees and the Nottinghamshire YMCA.
The building takes its name from a monument that used to be in the market square and was a gathering place for many people. William Howie Wylie noted that "John Nelson, a Yorkshire stonemason and one of John Wesley earliest followers, preached once in the market place and once at the Malt Cross."Wylie, W.: Old and New Nottingham, p. 131, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London 1853
The Malt Cross was built in 1877. It had previously been an inn named the Roebuck but was bought by Mr Charles WeldonYoung, A: "St James Street and the Potters House: A Brief History", p27, Potters House Trust, 1995 who rebuilt and enlarged the premises.
Mr Charles Weldon only managed the music hall for a few years before the mortgage of £5,500 was foreclosed in 1880. It was then subject to a frequent change of management with Mr William Hulse taking the reins from 1883 – 1889, Mr E.F. Buxenstein for a year in 1891, Mr Arthur B. Johnson for a slightly lengthier period of 1893 – 1900, and then Mr Lewis Thompson Donkersley between 1902 - 1904.
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