Haymans Hill Oast, Haymans Hill,... (C) Oast House Archive

TQ7141 : Haymans Hill Oast, Haymans Hill, Horsmonden, Kent

near to Horsmonden, Kent, Great Britain

Haymans Hill Oast, Haymans Hill, Horsmonden, Kent

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Haymans Hill Oast

Three round kiln oast house. The narrow roundels, a sign of an early C19 oast. A larger kiln, to the North, probably a later addition.

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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 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: TQ7141, 9 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph (Second Visitor for TQ7141)
Date Taken: Thursday, 10 July, 2008 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 10 July, 2008
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 7100 4129 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:8.7200N 0:26.5982E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 7096 4126
View Direction: East-northeast (about 67 degrees)