Former oast house 20 metres south-east of Wyck Cottage, Woods Green

Oast house of early to mid C19 date. There are some C20 casements, mainly within earlier openings, and a C20 lean-to greenhouse is attached at the south-west end. The greenhouse is not of special interest.

MATERIALS: the hop kiln is constructed of brick in English bond over a stone rubble plinth and has a tiled roof and wooden cowl with a fantail. The stowage has a ground floor of red brick in English bond with some vitrified headers over a stone rubble base. The first floor is tile-hung but also has some weatherboarding on the north-west side.

PLAN: a single cylindrical two storey hop kiln with a conical roof and attached rectangular two-storey stowage of three bays with stairs in the north-east corner.

EXTERIOR: the north-west side upper floor of the stowage has a plank loading door with three hinges set in a weather-boarded surround and two weather-boarded outward opening ventilation shutters on the first floor. The ground floor has two wide folding plank doors with three hinges.

The south-west end has one first floor casement window.

The south-east side has C20 casement windows in earlier openings.

The hop kiln has an entrance facing north and two small inserted C20 windows facing south.

INTERIOR: the ground floor of the stowage has exposed tie beams and floor joists and wooden half-winder stairs lead to the upper floor. This has tie beams and a roof structure with collar beams, rafters with a ridge-piece, and slender purlins. There are original floorboards and protective boarding to dado height around the walls and stairs. The walls retain original lime-washed lath and plaster.

The hop kiln retains its wooden slatted drying floor and lime-washed lath and plaster, and cross ties to the conical roof.