The Oasts, Red Hill, Wateringbury, Kent:: OS grid TQ6953 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ6953 : The Oasts, Red Hill, Wateringbury, Kent

near to Wateringbury, Kent, Great Britain

The Oasts, Red Hill, Wateringbury, Kent

Four round kiln, of alternate heights. Unusually shallow kilns. Formerly part of Home Farm.

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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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Grid Square: TQ6953, 17 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Thursday, 1 January, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 1 January, 2009
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 6917 5356 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:15.3665N 0:25.3767E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 6917 5358
View Direction: SOUTH (about 180 degrees)