2019

TQ9044 : Giles Farm Oast

taken 4 years ago, near to Pluckley Thorne, Kent, England

Giles Farm Oast
Giles Farm Oast

See other images of Listed Oast Houses
Giles Farm Oast

Single round kiln oast house. Ragstone walled kiln attached to an earlier barn.

Grade II listed.

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


Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright N Chadwick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
TQ9044, 17 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 17 November, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 17 October, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 9065 4484 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:10.2610N 0:43.5471E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 9077 4483
View Direction
WEST (about 270 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image Type (about): geograph 
This page has been viewed about 24 times
You are not logged in login | register