TQ8137 : The American Oast, Tenterden Road, near Sissinghurst, Kent

near to Sissinghurst, Kent, Great Britain

The American Oast, Tenterden Road, near Sissinghurst, Kent
The American Oast, Tenterden Road, near Sissinghurst, Kent
20th Century ridge ventilated 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 typical Oast House consisted 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 about Oast Houses LinkExternal link
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2006
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Oast House Archive   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Geograph (First for TQ8137)
Date Taken
Saturday, 19 August, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 5 February, 2007
Keywords
converted, dwelling
Category
Oast house   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 8132 3702 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:6.2282N 0:35.3124E
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 8134 3701
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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