2021

TQ6536 : Hoathly Farm Oast

taken 3 years ago, near to Lamberhurst, Kent, England

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Hoathly Farm Oast
Hoathly Farm Oast
Hoathly Farm Oast

Four round kiln oast house. Three similar sized kilns and one larger and taller.

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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Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement
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TQ6536, 100 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 13 March, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 18 June, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6572 3660 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:6.2849N 0:21.9441E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6565 3680
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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