Wilsley Oast, Wilsley Pound, Angley Road, Cranbrook, Kent:: OS grid TQ7737 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ7737 : Wilsley Oast, Wilsley Pound, Angley Road, Cranbrook, Kent

near to Wilsley Green, Kent, Great Britain

Wilsley Oast, Wilsley Pound, Angley Road, Cranbrook, Kent

Twin round kilned oast house, during retiling.

Photo taken March-April.

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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 Link

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2003

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Grid Square: TQ7737, 9 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: March 2003 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 2 July, 2007
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 7788 3703 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:6.2982N 0:32.3677E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 7785 3700
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)