Description

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SO 66 NE
5/36

EASTHAM CP
The Kiln House
Former malthouse and hop kilns

(Formerly listed as Malthouse and hop kilns about 20 yards north-west of Lower House Farmhouse, EASTHAM)

GV
II
Former malthouse and hop kilns. Mid-C18 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Brick, mainly handmade, on sandstone rubble base, plain tiled roof with parapet at west gable end. Six plus four bays aligned east/west; two hop kilns situated in fourth and fifth bays from east end. Two levels and cellar with dentilled eaves cornice; header ventilation courses to four westernmost bays. North elevation facing road has three two-light windows at ground floor level and four openings at upper floor level. Attic lights in gable ends. Main entrances at rear. The two hop kiln bays are surmounted by slate-covered pyramidal roofs which project from and above the main roof. Immediately west of the hop kilns there is a cowl and weathervane mounted on the roof ridge. This large brick building is prominently situated forming a major feature of the farmstead and is important to the setting of Lower House Farmhouse (qv).

Listing NGR: SO6759468128

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26460585

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)