Oast House at Horsegrove, Osmers Hill, Wadhurst, East Sussex:: OS grid TQ6333 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ6333 : Oast House at Horsegrove, Osmers Hill, Wadhurst, East Sussex

near to Wadhurst, East Sussex, Great Britain

Oast House at Horsegrove, Osmers Hill, Wadhurst, East Sussex

Single round 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 Link

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2008

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Grid Square: TQ6333, 8 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 1 November, 2009
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 639 331 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:4.4608N 0:20.3434E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 638 331
View Direction: East-northeast (about 67 degrees)