2017
TQ5941 : Oast House, Liptraps Lane
taken 7 years ago, near to Pembury, Kent, England
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Oast House, Liptraps Lane
The Oast House, Liptraps Lane
Single round kiln oast house, sitting amongst modern housing estates. Now part of a cattery.
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