2003

TQ6747 : Bell 4, Beltring Hop Farm, Beltring, Kent

taken 21 years ago, near to Beltring, Kent, England

Bell 4, Beltring Hop Farm, Beltring, Kent
Bell 4, Beltring Hop Farm, Beltring, Kent
A five round kiln oast house, one of four at the Hop Farm.

Also see TQ6747 : Bell 4 Oast House, Beltring Hop Farm, Beltring, Kent

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The Beltring Hop Farm

The Beltring Hop Farm in Kent has the largest surviving complex of oast houses. The main site has five Grade II* listed five kiln oast houses called 'Bell 1' to 'Bell 5'. …read more Link

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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TQ6747, 137 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Oast House Archive   (more nearby)
Date Taken
March 2003   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 6 October, 2007
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6740 4750 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:12.1313N 0:23.6865E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6736 4746
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