The Roundels & The Square Oast, Gatehouse Farm, Hunton Road, Marden, Kent:: OS grid TQ7345 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ7345 : The Roundels & The Square Oast, Gatehouse Farm, Hunton Road, Marden, Kent

near to Marden, Kent, Great Britain

The Roundels & The Square Oast, Gatehouse Farm, Hunton Road, Marden, Kent

Three round and one square kiln oast house.

Built in c1876. Originally just the two roundels at the end of the stowage, the square kiln and roundel to the side were built at a later date.

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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 Link

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2006

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Grid Square: TQ7345, 5 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 3 September, 2006 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 6 February, 2007
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 7351 4596 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:11.1919N 0:28.8842E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 7352 4590
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)