Barn Incorporating Oasthouse About 50 Metres North East Of Catts Place

This is a barn, originally probably dating from the 17th century, with an 18th-century oast house incorporated into it, located about 50 metres north east of Catts Place. The barn is framed construction, with much of the infill replaced in the 1930s, partly clad in weatherboarding. The oast house is built of brick, and the roof is covered in peg tiles.

The building runs on a north-south axis and faces west, forming the eastern boundary of a disused farmyard. It consists of a four-bay barn with outshuts at both ends and threshing doors on the north side, roughly in the centre. A large rectangular oast kiln has been built into the southern part of the barn, divided into two sections by an arched brick passageway running along the long axis of the barn. Two cowls project from the ridge of the roof. Four brick furnaces had previously been built on each side of the kiln, but these were not visible at the time of the 1989 survey. There was formerly an open fronted outshut extending across the north end and across the north part of the west elevation, but this has since been removed.

The lofted roof is hipped at the ends, with catslides on the left and right and on the outshuts. The timber cowls are set on circular tile bases. The left (north) end bay is weatherboarded above the middle rail. The other bays feature irregular stud spacing and rails at varying heights. There are paired timber doors in the bay first from the left (north), with weatherboarding and a 6-pane window above. A blocked doorway is at the right end, and a 19th-century door leads into the outshut on the extreme right. The rear (east) elevation is weatherboarded on the ground floor at the north end and features paired doors matching those on the front.

Inside, much of the original wall framing remains, with wall posts featuring formed jowls. The timber threshing floor is still present. The arched brick passageway between the kilns is open at both ends. The northern kiln retains its plaster lining and slatted floor, while the southern kiln was not accessible at the time of the survey.

The roof is a tie-beam construction with tall queen struts and clasped purlins.