2020

TQ6242 : Downingbury Farm Oast

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

This is 1 of 6 images, with title starting with Downingbury Farm in this square
Downingbury Farm Oast
Downingbury Farm Oast

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Downingbury Farm Oast :: TQ6342 (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
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Downingbury Farm [11] ·
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TQ6242, 249 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 7 October, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 9 April, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6298 4229 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:9.3993N 0:19.7522E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6303 4232
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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