TQ9027 : Tyle House Oast, Stocks Road, Wittersham, Kent

near to Wittersham, Kent, Great Britain

Tyle House Oast, Stocks Road, Wittersham, Kent
Tyle House Oast, Stocks Road, Wittersham, Kent
Single round kiln oast house, missing cowl. Brick built kiln 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 LinkExternal link
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2006
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TQ9027, 4 images   (more nearby)
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Oast House Archive   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Geograph (First for TQ9027)
Date Taken
Sunday, 10 December, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 15 February, 2007
Category
Oast house   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 9011 2735 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:0.8461N 0:42.5322E
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 9009 2734
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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