Remains of Oast House, Fouroaks Farmhouse, Four Oaks Road, Headcorn, Kent:: OS grid TQ8145 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

TQ8145 : Remains of Oast House, Fouroaks Farmhouse, Four Oaks Road, Headcorn, Kent

near to Hawkenbury, Kent, Great Britain

Remains of Oast House, Fouroaks Farmhouse, Four Oaks Road, Headcorn, Kent

Only the plenum chamber of the round kiln remains.

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Fouroaks Farm Oast

Only the plenum chamber of the round kiln remains.

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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2008

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Grid Square: TQ8145, 13 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Monday, 4 February, 2008 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 4 February, 2008
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 8127 4546 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:10.7780N 0:35.5243E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 8132 4538
View Direction: North-northwest (about 337 degrees)