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TQ7817 : Cowl of Homestall Oast

near to Sedlescombe, East Sussex, Great Britain

Cowl of Homestall Oast

A Sussex cowl with unusual detail to the blinkers; the vertical panels to the front of the cowl.

See whole building TQ7817 : Homestall Oast, The Street, Sedlescombe, East Sussex

Oast House Cowl

The cowl was fitted to the top of the kiln roof of an oast house. It pivoted with the wind to allow the hot air from the fired kiln below to be drawn through the hops and out through the top. …read more Link

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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2007

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Grid Square: TQ7817, 16 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Saturday, 6 October, 2007 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 9 February, 2009
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 7815 1776 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:55.9066N 0:32.0314E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 7818 1775
View Direction: West-northwest (about 292 degrees)