2021

TQ5046 : Fissenden, Hampkins Hill Road, Chiddingstone

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

Fissenden, Hampkins Hill Road, Chiddingstone
Fissenden, Hampkins Hill Road, Chiddingstone
Oast at Fissenden

Understood to have once been an 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


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TQ5046, 76 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Oast House Archive   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 10 December, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 10 December, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 506 462 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:11.7482N 0:9.2558E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 506 462
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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