Unconverted Oast House at Hoaden Court, Hoaden, Ash, Kent:: OS grid TR2760 :: Geograph British Isles

TR2760 : Unconverted Oast House at Hoaden Court, Hoaden, Ash, Kent

near to Hoaden, Kent, Great Britain

Unconverted Oast House at Hoaden Court, Hoaden, Ash, Kent

Twin square kiln oast house, missing cowls. Used as storage for the farm. Hoist and doors to right gable to lift hop pockets onto the cart or lorry. Not listed.

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: TR2760, 13 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: unlisted, hop drying, picking, beer
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TR 2701 6017 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:17.7227N 1:15.2867E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TR 2700 6012
View Direction: North-northeast (about 22 degrees)