Oast Cottage, Church Road, Sevenoaks Weald, Kent:: OS grid TQ5251 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ5251 : Oast Cottage, Church Road, Sevenoaks Weald, Kent

near to Sevenoaks Weald, Kent, Great Britain

Oast Cottage, Church Road, Sevenoaks Weald, Kent

Single square kiln oast house.

Keywords: dormer, cowl

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: TQ5251, 55 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Thursday, 2 July, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 2 July, 2009
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 5288 5108 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:14.3053N 0:11.3179E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 5285 5112
View Direction: Southeast (about 135 degrees)