2010
TQ6536 : Hoathly Farm Oast house
taken 14 years ago, near to Lamberhurst, Kent, England
Hoathly Farm Oast house
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
Hoathly Farm Oast
Four round kiln oast house. Three similar sized kilns and one larger and taller.