2015
TQ7743 : Little Pagehurst Oast, Pagehurst Road, Staplehurst
taken 9 years ago, near to Marden Thorn, Kent, England
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Little Pagehurst Oast, Pagehurst Road, Staplehurst
Little Pagehurst Oast
Single square kiln oast house.
Grade II listed.
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