According to Wikipedia: An oast, oast house or hop kiln is a building designed for kilning (drying) hops as part of the brewing process. They can be found in most hop-growing (and former hop-growing) areas and are often good examples of vernacular architecture. Many redundant oasts have been converted into houses. The names oast and oast house are used interchangeably in Kent and Sussex. In Surrey, Hampshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire they are called hop kilns.
Trundling around Kent last month, I failed to find anywhere to bag decent shots of them, which would be perfect for this feature, but on a narrow lane (Kent is full of them. Why?) I spotted this and quickly pulled over to grab a phone photo. Needless to say, I was almost imediatly honked at by someone who pulled up behind me!
I suppose the design of the rafers isn't a surprise, but you don't often see them exposed like this. It would be a very modelable scene, and save the effort of putting the tiles on a conical roof.
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I strongly suspect that the narrow lanes in Kent are intended to make it too much like hard work for any invading army, so they'll just give up and go home.
Same goes for the lack of direction signs in said lanes...they used to be there, but were removed in 1940. That the threat of Nazi invasion may have receded a bit since then seems to have escaped the attention of Kent County Council...
Hi Phil.Dan Cox built a modern take on the oast house on Skill Builder channel a while back,always good to see dan at work.
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