Swattenden Oast, Swattenden Lane, Cranbrook, Kent:: OS grid TQ7734 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ7734 : Swattenden Oast, Swattenden Lane, Cranbrook, Kent

near to Hartley, Kent, Great Britain

Swattenden Oast, Swattenden Lane, Cranbrook, Kent

Single square kiln oast house. The original kiln roof and cowl have been replaced with a conventional roof.

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: TQ7734, 9 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph (First for TQ7734)
Date Taken: Sunday, 13 August, 2006 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 7 February, 2007
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 7706 3450 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:4.9497N 0:31.5913E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 7703 3445
View Direction: North-northeast (about 22 degrees)