2023
TQ4950 : Scollops Farm and Oast
taken 2 years ago, near to Ide Hill, Kent, England
Scollops Farm and Oast
Scollops Oast
Fake single round kiln oast house. The roundel was added to an earlier 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