Oast House at Dingleden Farm, Dingleden Lane, Benenden, Kent:: OS grid TQ8231 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

TQ8231 : Oast House at Dingleden Farm, Dingleden Lane, Benenden, Kent

near to Iden Green, Kent, Great Britain

Oast House at Dingleden Farm, Dingleden Lane, Benenden, Kent

Dingleden Farm Oast

Twin round kiln oast house with slate roofs.

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 traditional Oast House consists 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 Link

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2010

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Grid Square: TQ8231, 34 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 23 May, 2010 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 23 May, 2010
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 821 311 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:3.0546N 0:35.8202E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 820 311
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)