2009

TQ6342 : Downingbury Farm Oast house

taken 17 years ago, near to Pembury, Kent, England

Downingbury Farm Oast house
Downingbury Farm Oast house

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Listed Oast Houses (provided by Oast House Archive)

Downingbury Farm Oast (provided by Oast House Archive)

Triple inline round kilned oast house.

Grade II listed.

Oast Houses (provided by Oast House Archive)

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

Category: Oast house
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TQ6342, 136 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 27 August, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 14 September, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 630 423 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:9.4042N 0:19.7782E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 630 423
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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