Pounsley Oast

This is a former oast house, likely dating to the early to mid-19th century, and converted into a residence in the 1970s. It comprises a single cylindrical former hop kiln with a two-storey, three-bay rectangular stowage attached to the south-east. The building has been altered in the later 20th century, with the insertion of room partitions, a staircase, and an extension on the north side of the former hop kiln; these additions are not considered to be of special interest.

The building is constructed of red brick in header bond for the hop kiln, with the ground floor of the stowage in red brick in Sussex bond and the upper floor weather-boarded over a timber frame. It has a tiled roof. The principal front faces south, where the former kiln has a 20th-century entrance and a conical tiled roof, with two small 20th-century windows inserted into the roof itself. The stowage has a roof that is half-hipped to the west and hipped to the east. A wooden external staircase provides access to an original ledged plank door with pintle hinges on the first floor. There are three 20th-century casement windows with leaded lights on this side, and a half-glazed wooden door and two casement windows on the ground floor.

The east side has matching casement windows on both floors. The north side features a later 20th-century glazed single-storey extension to the kiln, along with 20th-century casement windows to the upper floor of both the kiln and stowage, and a later 20th-century brick chimney. The west side has an inserted casement window to the former kiln.

Inside, the ground floor of the former hop kiln has a 20th-century plank ceiling above the drying floor. The ground floor of the stowage retains original transverse ceiling beams. The upper floor of the stowage also has later 20th-century partitions, but retains original jowled posts with curved braces onto tie beams, collar beams and angled queen struts. An original ledged plank door is centrally located on the upper floor, and four steps at the western end lead up to another original 19th-century ledged plank door, originally connecting with the drying floor of the kiln, which now has two 20th-century plank doors. The later 20th-century partitions and spiral staircase are not of special interest.