2010
TQ5020 : Oast House on Gate House Lane, Framfield, East Sussex
taken 14 years ago, near to Framfield, East Sussex, England
Oast House on Gate House Lane, Framfield, East Sussex
Oast House at Gatehouse Cottage
Twin square kiln oast house, missing cowls.
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