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
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