Oast House at Mote Farm, Mote Road, Ivy Hatch, Kent:: OS grid TQ5853 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ5853 : Oast House at Mote Farm, Mote Road, Ivy Hatch, Kent

near to Ivy Hatch, Kent, Great Britain

Oast House at Mote Farm, Mote Road, Ivy Hatch, Kent

Four round kiln oast house.

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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: TQ5853, 76 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Tuesday, 7 April, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 7 April, 2009
Keywords: oast house, oast, oasts, kiln, hops, ragstone, Ightham Mote, unconverted
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 5836 5331 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:15.4179N 0:16.0832E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 5835 5333
View Direction: South-southeast (about 157 degrees)