2014
TQ4246 : Skeynes Farm Oast
taken 10 years ago, near to Edenbridge, Kent, England
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Skeynes Farm Oast
Skeynes Farm Oast
Twin round kiln oast house. Converted around 2006.
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 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