Derelict Oast House at Moor Farm, Stonestile Road, Westfield, East Sussex:: OS grid TQ8115 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ8115 : Derelict Oast House at Moor Farm, Stonestile Road, Westfield, East Sussex

near to Westfield, East Sussex, Great Britain

Derelict Oast House at Moor Farm, Stonestile Road, Westfield, East Sussex

A single round kiln to the nearest end without its original conical roof, and now covered in ivy.

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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: TQ8115, 10 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Monday, 2 November, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 2 November, 2009
Keywords: disused, unconverted, roundel, redundant
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 814 150 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:54.3894N 0:34.7740E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 814 150
View Direction: Northwest (about 315 degrees)