Biggenden Oast, Watermans Lane, Brenchley, Kent:: OS grid TQ6743 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ6743 : Biggenden Oast, Watermans Lane, Brenchley, Kent

near to Brenchley, Kent, Great Britain

Biggenden Oast, Watermans Lane, Brenchley, Kent

Three square kilned oast house. The rare kilns were possibly the only square kilns to have been built with brick roofs. They are now covered in modern interlocking tiles and so it is not clear whether the original roofs remain beneath. A large greenstage attached to the kilns to the rear of the building was removed during conversion.

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: Geograph
Date Taken: Monday, 2 November, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 2 November, 2009
Keywords: converted, unique
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 676 432 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:9.8305N 0:23.7818E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 676 432
View Direction: East-northeast (about 67 degrees)