Crowhurst Oast, Bells Farm Road, East Peckham, Kent:: OS grid TQ6550 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ6550 : Crowhurst Oast, Bells Farm Road, East Peckham, Kent

near to Hale Street, Kent, Great Britain

Crowhurst Oast, Bells Farm Road, East Peckham, Kent

Large eight round kiln oast house.

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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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2007

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Grid Square: TQ6550, 8 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 16 September, 2007 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 16 September, 2007
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 6594 5028 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:13.6554N 0:22.5109E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 6589 5030
View Direction: East-southeast (about 112 degrees)