2016

TQ7343 : Beech Farm Oast

taken 8 years ago, near to Marden, Kent, England

This is 1 of 8 images, with title Beech Farm Oast in this square
Beech Farm Oast
Beech Farm Oast

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Broadwood Oast (Beech Farm Oast)

Three square kiln oast house. Once part of Beech Farm.

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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Geographical Context: Housing, Dwellings
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TQ7343, 107 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 2 May, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 13 July, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 7323 4307 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:9.6392N 0:28.5605E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 7335 4310
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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