Tilsden Oast, Tilsden Lane, Cranbrook, Kent:: OS grid TQ7835 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

TQ7835 : Tilsden Oast, Tilsden Lane, Cranbrook, Kent

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Tilsden Oast, Tilsden Lane, Cranbrook, Kent

Tilsden Oast

Twin round kiln oast house. The kilns now blended into one with a simpler roof over.

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

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2006

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Grid Square: TQ7835, 35 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph (Second Visitor for TQ7835)
Date Taken: Sunday, 13 August, 2006 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 2 July, 2007
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 7814 3513 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:5.2693N 0:32.5341E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 7821 3520
View Direction: Southwest (about 225 degrees)