2014

TQ5941 : The Oast, Liptrap Lane

taken 10 years ago, near to Pembury, Kent, England

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The Oast, Liptrap Lane
The Oast, Liptrap Lane
The Oast House, Liptraps Lane

Single round kiln oast house, sitting amongst modern housing estates. Now part of a cattery.

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


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TQ5941, 1624 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 18 May, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 9 September, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 5981 4114 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:8.8330N 0:17.0041E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 5981 4105
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