2021
TQ5820 : The Oast House, Sandy Cross Lane, Heathfield
taken 2 years ago, near to Heathfield, East Sussex, England
The Oast House, Sandy Cross Lane, Heathfield
The Oast House, Sandy Cross Lane
Square kiln oast house, with rare bottle neck kiln roof.
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