Description

TQ 64 SE PADDOCK WOOD MILE OAK ROAD

6/343 Barn incorporating oasthouse
about 50m north east of Catts
Place
GV II

Barn, partly converted to an oasthouse. Barn probably C17 in origin, oast
said to be C18 (Walton). Barn framed construction, most of the infill 1930s,
partly clad in weatherboarding, oasts brick; peg-tile roof.

Plan: The building is roofed on a north south axis, facing west at right
angles to the house (Catts Place) and forms the eastern boundary of the
disused farmyard. 4-bay barn with outshuts at both ends and opposed threshing
doors to north (left) of centre. A large rectangular oast kiln has been built
into the soutehrn part of the barn. The kiln has been divided into 2 by an
arched brick passageway through the centre on the long axis of the barn. Two
cowls project from the ridge of the building. Four brick furnaces were built
on each side - these were not seen at time of survey (1989). There was an
open-fronted outshut extending across the north end outshut and the north part
of the west elevation (photograph in R.A.E. Walton's Oasts in Kent (1984),
p.44): this no longer exists.

Exterior: Lofted. Roof hipped at ends and carried down as catslides to the
left and right and outshuts. The timber cowls project from the roof on
circular tile-hung bases. The left (north) end bay is weatherboarded above
the middle rail. The other bays are irregular in size with widely-spaced
studs, the rails at different heights. Paired timber doors in the bay first
from the left (north) with a section of weatherboarding to the loft over with
a 6-pane loft window. Blocked doorway at the right end. C19 door into outshut
at the extreme right. The rear (east) elevation is weatherboarded on the
ground floor at the north end and has paired doors matching those opposed on
the front.

Interior: The wall framing is largely intact, the wall posts with formed
jowls. The timber threshing floor survives. The brick passageway between the
kilns is arched and open at noth ends. The northern kiln retains its plaster
lining and slatted floor, southern kiln not accessible at time of survey.

Roof: Tie-beam roof with tall queen struts and clasped purlins.

Listing NGR: TQ6805243728

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545973

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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