Pair Of Hop Kilns, Adjoining Hop Rooms And Attached Range Consisting Of Hop Room, Cow Shelter, Cart Shed And Barn About 30 Yards North Of Brook Farmhouse

A pair of hop kilns, adjoining hop rooms, and an attached range comprising a hop room, cow shelter, cart shed, and barn, dating probably to the early 19th century, with the attached range built around 1866 and the hop rooms added in the late 19th century. The hop kilns, located about 30 yards north of Brook Farmhouse, are constructed of sandstone rubble with brick dressings to the window surrounds and eaves, featuring conical roofs covered with asphalt and having vanes. They have a circular plan, with each kiln exhibiting a pair of small, symmetrically positioned one-light windows just above ground level and another pair immediately below the eaves. The brick gable end of the 1866 hop room, positioned between the two kilns, features a nine-pane fixed glazing bar light set under an elliptical head.

The hop room, cow shelter, cart shed, and barn form a continuous range to the north, built of sandstone rubble with brick dressings and tiled roofs. The main east elevation, facing the farmyard and road, includes a tall set of stairs leading up to the hop room. A brick lean-to cow shelter, roughly central in form of a cloister, has eight four-centred arches supported on brick piers, with a continuous trough and rack along the rear wall, adjoining the cart shed. To the right of the arches is a low, two-leaved door leading to the threshing floor of the six-bay barn.

The rear elevation, to the west, incorporates segmental heads, and contains three sixteen-pane casements to the hop drying floor above the cart shed entrances. These entrances are framed by five brick arches supported on piers, with the left one containing ledged doors. The right side is partially obscured by late 19th century brick hop rooms adjoining the north hop kiln, which feature louvred ventilators on their slate roofs. To the right of full-height doors to the threshing floor is a large brick ventilation panel approximately 10 feet high. A double-leaved cart door, with a central loft door above, occupies the north gable end of the barn.

Internally, the barn has a tallet at the north end, and its trusses are supported by collars, queen posts bolted to the ties, with angle struts from the queen posts to the principals. The buildings form part of a model farmstead complex, reputedly built by the Eastnor Estate and are included for group value as a complete example.