2009
TQ8116 : The Oast House, Main Road, Westfield, East Sussex
taken 15 years ago, near to Westfield, East Sussex, England
The Oast House, Main Road, Westfield, East Sussex
The Oast House, Main Road
Single round kiln oast house, now with conventional roof over kiln.
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