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Six round kilned oast house. A pair to the South end of the stowage and four to the North end. Known as Reed Court Oast & Flanders Oast. Converted in 1990s.

Also see Reed Court Farm Oast Link

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