Oasthouse and Hop Kilns Immediately South of Old Country House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. Oasthouse, Hop Kilns.
Oasthouse and Hop Kilns Immediately South of Old Country House
- WRENN ID
- proud-finial-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Oasthouse, Hop Kilns
- Address
- Oasthouse and Hop Kilns Immediately South of Old Country House, Mathon
- OS grid reference
- SO 726 446
- Coordinates
- 52.09942, -2.40007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is an oasthouse and hop kilns located immediately south of the Old Country House. It likely dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century for the northern part, and late 19th century for the southern part.
The northern section is a timber-framed structure with wattle and daub infill, cased in rubble, and features a tiled roof. It is one storey high with an attic, consisting of two bays. There is a 9-pane casement window in the north attic gable, and an entrance on the east side through a ledged door into the northern bay. The framing consists of square panels, three high to the wall-plate, with raking struts from collars in the gables.
The southern section comprises a pair of attached brick cylindrical hop kilns topped with conical slate roofs, which have cowls and wind-vanes. Inside the northern part, there is a hop-treading hole, a complete cider press, and a cider mill powered by a circa 1936 "Matchless" motorcycle.
Local climate
Oasthouse and Hop Kilns Immediately South of Old Country House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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