2021

TQ7143 : Oast House at Bennetts Farm, Maidstone Road, Horsmonden

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

Oast House at Bennetts Farm, Maidstone Road, Horsmonden
Oast House at Bennetts Farm, Maidstone Road, Horsmonden
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

Bennetts Farm Oast

Two square and one round kiln oast house.

The round kiln has been completely removed and the two square kilns reduced to single storey with a shallow pitched roof.


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TQ7143, 61 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Oast House Archive   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 4 April, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 4 April, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 713 431 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:9.7264N 0:26.9861E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 712 431
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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