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TR0558 : Working Oast House on South Street, Boughton-under-blean, Kent

near to Oversland, Kent, Great Britain

Working Oast House on South Street, Boughton-under-blean, Kent

The 20th century four square kilned oast house seems to still be working.

To the left can be seen a raised greenstage area with packed pockets of hops. A traditional pocket was twice as tall as these, presumably these small ones are a response to health and safety!

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: TR0558, 22 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Tuesday, 22 September, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 22 September, 2009
Keywords: hop picking, drying, beer, unconverted
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TR 0503 5821 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:17.1666N 0:56.3309E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TR 0503 5813
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)