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This six round kiln oast house was used for hop picking until the early 1990's, and converted in 2003. The kilns have brick built roofs, and the cowls depict a hunting scene with a horse and hounds.

Grade II listed.

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