Former oast house 20 metres south-east of Wyck Cottage, Woods Green is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 2016. Oast house.
Former oast house 20 metres south-east of Wyck Cottage, Woods Green
- WRENN ID
- fossil-slate-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 2016
- Type
- Oast house
- Address
- Former oast house 20 metres south-east of Wyck Cottage, Woods Green, TN5 6QS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 639 336
- Coordinates
- 51.07846, 0.33931
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former oast house, located 20 metres south-east of Wyck Cottage in Woods Green, dates from the early to mid 19th century. It features some 20th-century casement windows, primarily within earlier openings, and has a 20th-century lean-to greenhouse attached at the south-west end, which is not of special interest.
The hop kiln is built of brick in English bond over a stone rubble plinth, topped with a tiled roof and a wooden cowl with a fantail. The stowage has a ground floor made of red brick in English bond with some vitrified headers over a stone rubble base, while the first floor is tile-hung and includes some weatherboarding on the north-west side.
The structure consists of a single cylindrical two-storey hop kiln with a conical roof, attached to a rectangular two-storey stowage with three bays and stairs located in the north-east corner. On the north-west side, the upper floor of the stowage features a plank loading door with three hinges in a weather-boarded surround, along with two weather-boarded outward-opening ventilation shutters on the first floor. The ground floor has two wide folding plank doors, also with three hinges.
The south-west end includes one first-floor casement window, while the south-east side has 20th-century casement windows in earlier openings. The hop kiln has an entrance facing north and two small inserted 20th-century windows facing south.
Inside, the ground floor of the stowage showcases exposed tie beams and floor joists, with wooden half-winder stairs leading to the upper floor. This upper area features tie beams and a roof structure with collar beams, rafters with a ridge-piece, and slender purlins. Original floorboards and protective boarding extend to dado height around the walls and stairs, which retain original lime-washed lath and plaster. The hop kiln maintains its wooden slatted drying floor, lime-washed lath and plaster, and cross ties to the conical roof.
Local climate
Former oast house 20 metres south-east of Wyck Cottage, Woods Green receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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