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TQ5927 : The Oasts, Glebe Farm, Coggins Mill Lane, Mayfield

taken 10 years ago, near to Coggins Mill, East Sussex, Great Britain

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The Oasts, Glebe Farm, Coggins Mill Lane, Mayfield

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Glebe Farm Oast

Twin round kiln oast house.

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: TQ5927, 91 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Sunday, 27 November, 2011 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011
Geographical Context: Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening Housing, Dwellings
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 591 276 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:1.5818N 0:16.1083E
Camera Location: OSGB36: TQ 592 273
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)