2009
TR1460 : Oast house, Park Farm Close, Tyler Hill
taken 15 years ago, near to Tyler Hill, Kent, England
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Oast house, Park Farm Close, Tyler Hill
Park Farm Oast
Four square kilned oast house. Now on Park Farm Close.
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 traditional Oast House consists 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 Link