Manor Farm Oast, Workhouse Lane, Icklesham, East Sussex:: OS grid TQ8816 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ8816 : Manor Farm Oast, Workhouse Lane, Icklesham, East Sussex

near to Icklesham, East Sussex, Great Britain

Manor Farm Oast, Workhouse Lane, Icklesham, East Sussex

A three round kiln oast house, the third kiln missing the original roof and cowl. The building was Grade II listed (N° 410005) from 1976 until 1997, when the current owners bought to use as a bed and breakfast and had it delisted.

A witch on a broomstick adorns each cowl vane.

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TQ8816 : Cowl of Manor Farm Oast

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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2008

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Grid Square: TQ8816, 16 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Saturday, 16 February, 2008 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 16 February, 2008
Keywords: hop drying, b&b
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 8818 1629 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:54.9234N 0:40.5403E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 8813 1633
View Direction: Southeast (about 135 degrees)