Oast House on Willington Street, Maidstone, Kent:: OS grid TQ7853 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ7853 : Oast House on Willington Street, Maidstone, Kent

near to Shepway, Kent, Great Britain

Oast House on Willington Street, Maidstone, Kent

Twin square kiln oast house. Retrospective half-timber effect covered up the walls. Shed wall dormers to kiln roofs.

Oast Houses

An Oast House is a building used to dry fresh hops before they are sent to the brewers, to be used for flavouring beer. A typical Oast House consisted of the 'oast' and the 'stowage'. The oast was a kiln, with a plenum chamber fired by charcoal at ground floor and the drying floor directly above. The steep pitched roof channelled the hot air through the hops to the top. The stowage, was the barn section, it had a cooling floor and press at first floor and storage area at ground floor. …read more about Oast Houses Link

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2008

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Grid Square: TQ7853, 12 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Thursday, 9 October, 2008 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 10 October, 2008
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 7836 5359 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:15.2148N 0:33.2714E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 7832 5362
View Direction: East-southeast (about 112 degrees)