TQ6544 : Manor Oast & Little Manor Oast, Badsell Road, Paddock Wood, Kent
taken 14 years ago, near to Five Oak Green, Kent, England
Four round kiln oast house, converted in the early 1990's into two dwellings, known as Manor Oast & Little Manor Oast. Brick built kiln roofs. Grade II listed.
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