2009
TQ6342 : Downingbury Farm Oast house
taken 17 years ago, near to Pembury, Kent, England

Downingbury Farm Oast house
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
- Grid Square
- 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
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OSGB36:
TQ 630 423
[100m precision]
WGS84: 51:9.4042N 0:19.7782E - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 630 423
- View Direction
- South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
