Oast Houses at Bosney Farm, Grove Lane, Iden, East Sussex:: OS grid TQ9224 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ9224 : Oast Houses at Bosney Farm, Grove Lane, Iden, East Sussex

near to Iden, East Sussex, Great Britain

Oast Houses at Bosney Farm, Grove Lane, Iden, East Sussex

Four round kiln oast house. An older barn converted to an oast house in the 1840's, when the two tiled roof kilns were built. The subsequent kilns with brick built roofs were added in the later 1800's. Since disuse for drying the cowls have been replaced with these unusual caps.

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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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2008

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Grid Square: TQ9224, 4 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Tuesday, 6 May, 2008 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 6 May, 2008
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 9260 2416 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:59.0773N 0:44.5580E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 9260 2412
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)