Mascalls Court Oast, Mascalls Court Road, Paddock Wood, Kent:: OS grid TQ6743 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ6743 : Mascalls Court Oast, Mascalls Court Road, Paddock Wood, Kent

near to Paddock Wood, Kent, Great Britain

Mascalls Court Oast, Mascalls Court Road, Paddock Wood, Kent

Four round and two square kilned oast house. Three round kilns now only existing at ground floor level to the rear.

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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: TQ6743, 10 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Monday, 2 November, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 2 November, 2009
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 677 438 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:10.1353N 0:23.9178E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 680 437
View Direction: West-northwest (about 292 degrees)