Unconverted Oast House at Harmansole Farm, Stone Street, Lower Hardres, Kent:: OS grid TR1352 :: Geograph British Isles

TR1352 : Unconverted Oast House at Harmansole Farm, Stone Street, Lower Hardres, Kent

near to Lower Hardres, Kent, Great Britain

Unconverted Oast House at Harmansole Farm, Stone Street, Lower Hardres, Kent

Three square kilned oast house. Missing cowls. The paired kilns (to rear) were built in 1871 and larger third kiln added in 1889.

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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: TR1352, 7 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Friday, 10 July, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 10 July, 2009
Keywords: oast house, original, unconverted, kiln, hops, square, brick, oast, canterbury
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TR 1399 5265 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:13.9737N 1:3.8294E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TR 1396 5260
View Direction: North-northeast (about 22 degrees)