Oast House at Coppings Farm, Coppings Road, Leigh, Kent:: OS grid TQ5348 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ5348 : Oast House at Coppings Farm, Coppings Road, Leigh, Kent

near to Chiddingstone Causeway, Kent, Great Britain

Oast House at Coppings Farm, Coppings Road, Leigh, Kent

Two round kiln oast house.

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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.

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Grid Square: TQ5348, 28 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Thursday, 2 July, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 2 July, 2009
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 5305 4813 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:12.7122N 0:11.3884E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 5331 4817
View Direction: WEST (about 270 degrees)