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Twin round kiln oast house. Brick built kiln roofs.

This was one of two oast houses at the farm. A large three square kiln oast house was demolished in the 1960s or 70s. Part of the wall remains forming the edge of a tennis court.

An Oast House is a building used to dry fresh hops before they are sent to the brewers, to be used for flavouring beer. A traditional Oast House consists of the 'oast' and the 'stowage'. The oast was a kiln, with a plenum chamber fired by charcoal at ground floor and the drying floor directly above. The steep pitched roof channelled the hot air through the hops to the top. The stowage, was the barn section, it had a cooling floor and press at first floor and storage area at ground floor. Read more Link