Tatlingbury Oast, Five Oak Green Road, Five Oak Green, Kent:: OS grid TQ6345 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ6345 : Tatlingbury Oast, Five Oak Green Road, Five Oak Green, Kent

near to Capel, Kent, Great Britain

Tatlingbury Oast, Five Oak Green Road, Five Oak Green, Kent

During conversion to offices.

Photo taken March-April.

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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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2003

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Grid Square: TQ6345, 11 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph (First for TQ6345)
Date Taken: March 2003 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 10 February, 2007
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 6380 4500 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:10.8462N 0:20.5291E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 6381 4505
View Direction: SOUTH (about 180 degrees)