2020

TQ6138 : Dodhurst Farm Oast

taken 4 years ago, near to Pembury, Kent, England

This is 1 of 14 images, with title Dodhurst Farm Oast in this square
Dodhurst Farm Oast
Dodhurst Farm Oast
Dodhurst Farm Oast

Single round kiln oast house.

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
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Dodhurst Oast [15] · Dodhurst Farm [11] Title Clusters: · Dodhurst Farm Oast [14] ·
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TQ6138, 85 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 3 April, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 29 May, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6166 3859 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:7.4272N 0:18.5211E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6134 3887
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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