2008
TQ7930 : The Roundel, Wandle Mill Studios, Mill Street, Iden Green, Kent
taken 16 years ago, near to Iden Green, Kent, England
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The Roundel, Wandle Mill Studios, Mill Street, Iden Green, Kent
The Roundel
Twin round kilned oast house, brick built kiln roofs.
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