Oast House About 30 Metres North Of Beckets Place

This is an oast house located about 30 metres north of Beckets Place in Barming, dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. The kilns are constructed from roughly-coursed ragstone, while the rear wall for stowage is made of stone. The front features exposed posts with building-block infilling, and the roofs are covered with plain tiles. The stowage is low and rectangular, consisting of seven short "bays," with two circular kilns at the northern end. The kilns have a dentilled eaves cornice made of red and grey brick. The stowage has low eaves and a hipped roof at the south end, while the kilns are topped with conical roofs. There are two hipped dormers on the stowage, each fitted with a four-paned light. A loading door with rendered sides rises from the eaves and has a hipped roof above it. Each kiln has a small rectangular opening dressed in brick on the north side. The interior has only been partly inspected, revealing bevelled cross-beams with short straight braces in the stowage.