2020

TQ6342 : Downingbury Farm Oast

taken 6 years ago, near to Pembury, Kent, England

This is 1 of 7 images, with title Downingbury Farm Oast in this square
Downingbury Farm Oast
Downingbury Farm Oast

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Listed Oast Houses (provided by Oast House Archive)

Downingbury Farm Oast (provided by Oast House Archive)

Triple inline round kilned oast house.

Grade II listed.

Oast Houses (provided by Oast House Archive)

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

Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Housing, Dwellings
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TQ6342, 136 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 11 November, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 7 January, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6305 4227 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:9.3874N 0:19.8116E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6301 4231
View Direction
Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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