Outbuilding 30 Metres East Of Bocking Hall

This outbuilding, dating from the early 14th century, has undergone several alterations across the 15th, 17th, and 18th centuries and was later used as an oasthouse. The structure is timber-framed with a gabled plain tiled roof, and has a plain tiled lean-to extension at its east end. The south elevation features white painted weatherboarding over render on the upper part, with a section of 17th-century red brickwork in English bond on the ground floor at the east end. It contains two pairs of boarded carriage doors and a small window. The east elevation displays a rendered gable above white weatherboarded first floor and a ground floor of 18th-century red brick. The lean-to extension has a plain tiled roof and a rendered gable triangle. The north elevation is tarred weatherboarding, with a ground floor section on the east end formed of 18th-century red brickwork in English bond, featuring one small first-floor window with three iron security bars. The west elevation is entirely rendered, with the end of the collar purlin projecting.

Remains of a timber-framed, single-aisled building from the early 14th century, originally consisting of two equal bays and a probable cantilevered half-bay, possibly with a matching half-bay at the west end, and with return aisles. The posts are jowled with two different types. The arcade has straight braces and a splayed scarf joint is visible in the arcade plate. The unaisled south wall has slightly curved arch braces and studs, some potentially from the initial phase. The central, formerly open, truss has truncated passing braces and lower braces to the tie beam. Former partition trusses at each end have passing braces only. Angle tie seatings are present on the top plates beyond the easternmost truss. One reused, soot blackened rafter pair shows a trench for a rafter brace. The building may have initially functioned as a small single aisled hall or barn.

In the 15th century, the western end was truncated, and the roof replaced with crownposts and hip and gable features at the east end, where a slight extension occurred. The crownpost of the central truss has thickish longitudinal arch braces and low-set tension braces to the tie beam. The tension bracing in the open truss is unusual for the area at that time, suggesting the crownpost may be reused. The gablet has two collars matching those on the next rafter pair, indicating a bonnet design. During this period, the aisle was removed, the arcade was infilled and girts to support a floor were added. A new north wall was constructed, featuring two diamond mullioned windows and a third window in the new east wall. Later, the building was extended eastward with a ground floor of brickwork, which served as a kiln or oasthouse. This section features purlins and corner ties arranged to form the octagonal base of a cowl or louvre, and a boarded shutter on the first-floor window. The property was formerly part of the Manor of Christchurch Canterbury.