2009

TQ6545 : Cooklands Oast, Whetsted Road, Five Oak Green, Kent

taken 15 years ago, near to Five Oak Green, Kent, England

Cooklands Oast, Whetsted Road, Five Oak Green, Kent
Cooklands Oast, Whetsted Road, Five Oak Green, Kent
Cooklands Oast

Twin round and twin square kilned oast house. All brick roofs to kiln, particularly unusual for square kilns.

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 traditional Oast House consists 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 Link


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Oast House Archive   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 1 January, 2009   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 1 January, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6509 4558 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:11.1366N 0:21.6515E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6484 4550
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