2010
TQ8050 : Fir Tree Oast, Plough Wents Road, Chart Sutton, Kent
taken 14 years ago, near to Chart Sutton, Kent, England
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Fir Tree Oast, Plough Wents Road, Chart Sutton, Kent
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Fir Tree Oast
Twin round kiln ragstone oast house, converted c1985. Grade II listed.
A third kiln to the side of the stowage was removed sometime between the 1960 and 1980s.
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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- Grid Square
- TQ8050, 38 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Oast House Archive (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 1 July, 2010 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 1 July, 2010
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 802 506 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:13.5835N 0:34.8225E - Camera Location
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OSGB36: TQ 801 506
- View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
