2021
TQ8632 : Oast House at Puddingcake Farmhouse, Puddingcake Lane, Rolvenden
taken 3 years ago, near to Rolvenden, Kent, England
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Oast House at Puddingcake Farmhouse, Puddingcake Lane, Rolvenden
Puddingcake Farm Oast
Originally a 3 round kiln oast house. The kilns are now removed.
Now call Puddingcake Farmhouse.
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