2010
TQ7537 : The Lower Oast House, Four Wents Farm, Goudhurst Road, Cranbrook, Kent
taken 14 years ago, near to Iden Green, Kent, England
The Lower Oast House, Four Wents Farm, Goudhurst Road, Cranbrook, Kent
The Lower Oast House, Four Wents Farm
Twin round kilns attached to white weatherboard stowage.
Grade II listed.
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