TQ5530 : Cowl of Little Oast House
near to Rotherfield, East Sussex, Great Britain

Cowl of Little Oast House
Typical blinkered Sussex cowl, with theatrical themed icon.
See whole building TQ5530 : Little Oast House, Eridge Lane, Rotherfield, East Sussex
See whole building TQ5530 : Little Oast House, Eridge Lane, Rotherfield, East Sussex
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
year taken
2008
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- TQ5530, 4 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Supplemental image
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 28 September, 2008 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 5 February, 2009
- Category
- Oast house (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 5558 3039 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:3.1073N 0:13.1008E - Photographer Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 5555 3038 - View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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