2021

TQ9230 : Ramsden Oast

taken 3 years ago, near to Reading Street, Kent, England

This is 1 of 4 images, with title Ramsden Oast in this square
Ramsden Oast
Ramsden Oast
Ramsden Oast

Single round kiln oast house. Black weatherboard stowage.

Keywords: roundel, hop drying, beer, weatherboard, tenterden, converted, house

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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TQ9230, 96 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 13 April, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 9201 3083 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:2.6837N 0:44.2660E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 9203 3084
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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