TQ8028 : Ringle Oast, Crouch Lane, Sandhurst, Kent

near to Linkhill, Kent, Great Britain

Ringle Oast, Crouch Lane, Sandhurst, Kent
Ringle Oast, Crouch Lane, Sandhurst, Kent
Single square kiln oast house.
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 LinkExternal link
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2007
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TQ8028, 8 images   (more nearby)
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Image classification
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Date Taken
Sunday, 11 February, 2007   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 24 September, 2009
Category
Oast house   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 8050 2825 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:1.5168N 0:34.3480E
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 8047 2819
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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