TQ7928 : Malthouse Farm Oast, Queen Street, Sandhurst
taken 21 years ago, near to Sandhurst, Kent, England
Twin round kiln oast house. The building was unsympathetically converted decades ago, probably in the late 1970's early 80's.
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