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TQ8143 : Eaves Detail on Oast House at Place Farm

near to Headcorn, Kent, Great Britain

Eaves Detail on Oast House at Place Farm

A cogged brick eaves detail. Flemish bond walls.
Also see whole building TQ8143 : Unconverted Oast House at Place Farm, Water Lane, Headcorn, Kent

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: TQ8143, 14 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Tuesday, 19 May, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 19 May, 2009
Category: Architectural detail (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 8181 4375 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:9.8461N 0:35.9355E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 8181 4375
View Direction: West-southwest (about 247 degrees)