Howlett's Farm Oast (set of 3 images)
Four square kiln oast house. Slate roofs. Louvred ventilators added to the top of kiln roofs, below cowls.
Converted to a dwelling in 2015.
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
All images in TR0454, taken Wednesday, 2 June, 2021, by N Chadwick, near to Shottenden, Kent, England
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