Brandenbury Oast, Haviker Street, Collier Street, Kent:: OS grid TQ7146 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ7146 : Brandenbury Oast, Haviker Street, Collier Street, Kent

near to Collier Street, Kent, Great Britain

Brandenbury Oast, Haviker Street, Collier Street, Kent

Twin square kiln oast house. A duck and chicks adorn each cowl vane.

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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2007

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Grid Square: TQ7146, 7 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 20 May, 2007 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 31 October, 2009
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 719 465 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:11.5445N 0:27.5205E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 719 465
View Direction: SOUTH (about 180 degrees)