Oast house and stowage at Strawberry Hall

This is a mid-19th century oast house with a stowage and storage shed, constructed of brick in a Sussex bond. The first floor of the stowage is clad in weatherboarding on a timber frame, while the roofs are slate-tiled.

The building comprises a circular oast house to the south, attached to a rectangular, two-storey, three-bay stowage aligned north to south. A storage shed is located at the north end of the stowage.

The oast house is built of red and grey brick, rising to a modillion course, with a timber-planked door to the east. The conical roof is topped with an open, flat area. The roundel and cone of the oast house are believed to survive, although they have been dismantled. The stowage roof is hipped at both ends. The east-facing elevation has red-brick piers separating three sets of planked cart-doors to the ground floor, above which the first floor is horizontally planked. An external timber staircase rises to a small landing, providing access via a timber-planked door to the first floor. The north and west elevations are likely blind, while the south elevation is also blind and constructed of red and grey brick. The storage shed is faced in red and grey brick and has a pitched roof, with a planked door to the south end.

Inside, the kiln is located on the ground floor, along with an access door to the stowage. The first-floor chamber has plastered walls and lagged heating pipes on either side, and a central chain to operate the vent. The ground floor of the stowage retains its cart bays. The first floor has a timber-boarded floor with a trap door, and includes timber double doors to the drying floor and a single taking-in door to the north side. Two former openings, now bricked up, are visible in the west wall. The roof has tie beams running east to west, with joints suggesting a former mezzanine. The machine-cut roof timbers consist of common rafters and purlins meeting at a ridge board. The storage shed is a single open space.