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Early c18 single round kiln oast house. The building is a barn with a kiln added to the side to convert it to an oast house, as most early oast houses were. To the other side of the building is a exposed half timber wall.

Now converted to dwelling.

Grade II listed.

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