2015
TQ6747 : Beltring Green Farm Oast, Beltring Road, Beltring
taken 9 years ago, near to Beltring, Kent, England
Beltring Green Farm Oast, Beltring Road, Beltring
Beltring Green Farm Oast
Former twin round kiln oast house. The kilns were removed sometime after 1960.
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