2020

TQ6144 : Park Farm Oast Cowls

taken 4 years ago, near to Crockhurst Street, Kent, England

Park Farm Oast Cowls
Park Farm Oast Cowls
Park Farm Oast

Triple round kiln oast house. Brick built kiln roofs.

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

Oast House Cowls & Ventilators, close up

The cowl was fitted to the top of the kiln roof of an oast house. It pivoted with the wind to allow the hot air from the fired kiln below to be drawn through the hops and out through the top. Read more about cowls Link

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TQ6144, 30 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 8 May, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 16 October, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6178 4494 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:10.8483N 0:18.7950E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6180 4506
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