2022

TQ5422 : Spood's Farm Oast

taken 5 years ago, near to Hadlow Down, East Sussex, England

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Spood's Farm Oast
Spood's Farm Oast

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Spood's Farm Oast (provided by Oast House Archive)

Single round kiln oast house, with modified kiln roof.

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
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TQ5422, 25 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 25 February, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 15 May, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 5400 2278 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:59.0300N 0:11.5556E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 5400 2278
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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