Filston Farm Oast house &copy; N Chadwick

TQ5160 : Filston Farm Oast house

taken 11 years ago, near to Shoreham, Kent, Great Britain

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Filston Farm Oast house

A four kiln oast (one is hidden)

Filston Oast

Four round kilned oast house.

Grade II listed.

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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Grid Square: TQ5160, 45 images (more nearby )
Photographer: N Chadwick (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Wednesday, 17 February, 2010 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 25 February, 2010
Category: Oast house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 515 608 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:19.5718N 0:10.4489E
Camera Location: OSGB36: TQ 519 601
View Direction: North-northwest (about 337 degrees)