Cadborough Oast

Cadborough Oast is a timber-framed granary with cartshed below, dating from around 1710-1720. The complex was enlarged in the mid-19th century with the addition of an oast kiln and stowage building, and was converted into a residence in about 1995.

The 18th-century former granary is timber-framed with a partly brick re-fronted elevation in English garden wall bond. The upper section is timber-framed and partly clad in weatherboarding, with a tiled roof half-hipped at the south end. The mid-19th-century stowage building is of brick, partly in English garden wall bond, with a hipped tiled roof, a projecting wooden gable, and a circular hop kiln of brick in Sussex bond attached at the south-east end. The kiln has a cement-rendered roof with a wooden cowl and fantail. Windows throughout are late 20th-century wooden casements.

The buildings form a roughly L-shaped complex of two storeys. The stowage building is five bays deep with the circular hop kiln attached at the south-east end, while the former granary occupies two bays. The north-west entrance front of the stowage building has three irregularly-spaced openings on the first floor. Until at least the end of the 1920s a further hop kiln stood in the position of the two northern windows. The ground floor features a wide late 20th-century entrance with wooden ledged and braced doors. The circular hop kiln is linked to the stowage by a section of brown brick in English bond with a gabled wooden projection above. The former hop kiln has inserted casement windows on both floors, with cambered heads to the ground floor windows and an inserted ground floor entrance facing south.

The south-west elevation shows the gable end of the stowage building on the west side, with the early 18th-century cartshed and granary building set back to the east. Between them is a late 19th or early 20th-century brick staircase in English bond with two large pieces of stone, leading to the first floor of the former granary. The cast iron handrail is late 20th-century, replacing a wooden version visible in a 1925 photograph. Original openings in the granary have been replaced by late 20th-century wooden casement windows.

The south-east side displays the projecting half-hipped end of the former granary. Until at least the end of the 1920s a further circular hop kiln was built against this elevation. The ground floor retains some weathered exposed timbers. Windows and doors are late 20th-century, and there is an attached late 20th-century wood and glazed balcony on the first floor.

The north-east side shows the return of the granary and cartshed building at the south end, with the north-west side of the stowage building attached at right angles to the north, both featuring late 20th-century windows.

Interior: The former granary ground floor retains a central spine beam and a square hatch in the ceiling, either for hoisting sacks or gaining access to the upper floor by ladder. The first floor south-east end wall is timber-framed with a midrail and three curved tension braces; a fourth brace was probably removed when a later entrance was inserted. The side walls retain jowled bay posts, and the north side has a wall plate with a curved profile jowl. The roof structure has staggered purlins and collars. Sockets in the tie beam of the western truss may indicate the granary originally had an additional bay.

The stowage roof, where visible, has machine-cut rafters, retains tie beams, and shows dragon ties at some corners.