Oast House at Pekes, Nash Street, Golden Cross, East Sussex:: OS grid TQ5512 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ5512 : Oast House at Pekes, Nash Street, Golden Cross, East Sussex

near to Muddles Green, East Sussex, Great Britain

Oast House at Pekes, Nash Street, Golden Cross, East Sussex

Twin round kiln oast house, one kiln now has an eight sided roof, the other missing its cowl.

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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: TQ5512, 4 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 3 May, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 28 October, 2009
Keywords: roundel, converted, flat roof dormer, tile hanging, chimney, cowl-less
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 5556 1297 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:53.7159N 0:12.6369E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 5556 1293
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)