2021

TQ7534 : Hallwood Farm Oast, Hawkhurst Road, Cranbrook

taken 2 years ago, near to Hartley, Kent, England

Hallwood Farm Oast, Hawkhurst Road, Cranbrook
Hallwood Farm Oast, Hawkhurst Road, Cranbrook
Hallwood Farm Oast

Single square kiln oast 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


Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Oast House Archive and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
TQ7534, 67 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Oast House Archive   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 4 December, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 4 December, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 753 343 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:4.8790N 0:30.1138E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 747 335
View Direction
Northeast (about 45 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image Type (about): cross grid 
This page has been viewed about 24 times
You are not logged in login | register