2011
TQ9144 : The Oast House, Smarden Road, Pluckley, Kent
taken 13 years ago, near to Pluckley Thorne, Kent, England
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The Oast House, Smarden Road, Pluckley, Kent
The Oast House, Smarden Road
Single round kiln oast house. A Dering Black Horse motif is depicted on the cowl vane.
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