Description

HILDENBOROUGH MILL LANE (west side)
TQ 54 NE
5/154 Oasthouse about 50m south
- west of Limes Farmhouse
GV II

Oasthouse. Probably mid/late C19, late C20 repairs to the oast. Painted
brick, the stowage on a ragstone rubble plinth; peg-tile roof.

Plan: Sited north west and above Limes Farmhouse (q.v.), the stowage block
facing north. Rectangular stowage block, the cylindrical oast adjoining at
the south east corner.

Exterior: The stowage block has a gabled roof, a C20 stable door in the
centre, the loft door above has been partly converted to a window. The left
(east) return has 2 2-light C19 or C20 small-pane casements, one first floor
similar window on the right (west) return. The oast has a C20 stable door
with a glazed overlight. The conical oast roof has been repaired following
storm damage. There are plans to replace the missing cowl.

Interior: Access to the interior unobtainable at time of survey (1988).

A small-scale unconverted oasthouse. Group value with Limes Farmhouse and
farmbuildings in the farmyard.

Listing NGR: TQ5584549612

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26645025

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas