TQ6949 : Oast at Congelow Farm, Benover Road, Yalding
taken 9 years ago, near to Yalding, Kent, England
Only the stone and brick built kilns remain.
This was one of two oast houses at the farm, a large two round kiln oast house was demolished around the 1960s or 70s.
Permission has been granted to extension and convert the building.
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