TQ7345 : The Roundels & The Square Oast, Gatehouse Farm, Hunton Road, Marden, Kent
taken 18 years ago, near to Marden, Kent, England
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
Three round and one square kiln oast house.
Built in c1876. Originally just the two roundels at the end of the stowage, the square kiln and roundel to the side were built at a later date.
Grade II listed.