Crockhurst Farm Oast, Crockhurst Street, Tudeley:: OS grid TQ6245 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

TQ6245 : Crockhurst Farm Oast, Crockhurst Street, Tudeley

near to Crockhurst Street, Kent, Great Britain

Crockhurst Farm Oast, Crockhurst Street, Tudeley

Crockhurst Farm Oast

Single round kiln oast house.

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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2012

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Grid Square: TQ6245, 158 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Friday, 13 April, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 15 April, 2012
Geographical Context: Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening Housing, Dwellings
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 621 450 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:10.8904N 0:19.1233E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 622 450
View Direction: West-northwest (about 292 degrees)