2003

TQ6747 : Oast House Kiln at Beltring Hop Farm

taken 21 years ago, near to Beltring, Kent, England

Oast House Kiln at Beltring Hop Farm
Oast House Kiln at Beltring Hop Farm
Inside the plenum chamber of the kiln, a man tenders to the coal fires from a protective brick arch corridor between two fires, one on each side.

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The Beltring Hop Farm

The Beltring Hop Farm in Kent has the largest surviving complex of oast houses. The main site has five Grade II* listed five kiln oast houses called 'Bell 1' to 'Bell 5'. …read more Link

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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March 2003   (more nearby)
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Friday, 17 April, 2009
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6742 4748 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:12.1201N 0:23.7031E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6742 4748
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