TQ8431 : Windmill, Saxbys & Windmill Oast
taken 5 years ago, near to Rolvenden, Kent, England
Wealden Hall Houses were timber framed farmhouses built by wealthy Yeoman farmers from the late 1300's to the mid 1500's (late Mediaeval to Tudor times). Originating in the South East, in the Weald of Kent and Sussex, they spread to other Southern counties around England. They remain most prevalent in the South East, particularly in areas surrounding Maidstone. The buildings can be identified by their distinct front jettied first floor end bays. …read more here Link
Double round kiln oast house, now sensitively converted to offices.
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