Winter Oast, Chantry Park, Sarre, Kent:: OS grid TR2565 :: Geograph British Isles

TR2565 : Winter Oast, Chantry Park, Sarre, Kent

near to Sarre, Kent, Great Britain

Winter Oast, Chantry Park, Sarre, Kent

Single round oast kiln attached to earlier barn. Converted 2002.

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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: TR2565, 9 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Saturday, 16 August, 2008 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 19 August, 2008
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TR 2555 6513 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:20.4291N 1:14.2205E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TR 2554 6512
View Direction: East-northeast (about 67 degrees)