Trumans Oast, Willow Lane, Paddock Wood, Kent:: OS grid TQ6945 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ6945 : Trumans Oast, Willow Lane, Paddock Wood, Kent

near to Queen Street, Kent, Great Britain

Trumans Oast, Willow Lane, Paddock Wood, Kent

Built in 1948. The green cladding of the building once had timber louvres to ventilate the loading area. The three cowls were not replaced after a fire damaged the roof in 1982.

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: TQ6945, 4 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Thursday, 1 January, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 2 January, 2009
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 6917 4570 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:11.1297N 0:25.1543E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 6920 4566
View Direction: Northwest (about 315 degrees)