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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 64 NW 15 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Oasthouse Flinches Farm, Five Oak Green |
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Summary
Two round oasthouses attached at the eastern end of the building appear on the 1st ed.(1862-1875), 2nd ed. (1897-1900), 3rd (1906-1923) and 4th ed. (1906-1952) OS maps. The original conical rooves have been replaced with a mechanically draughted ventilated louvred roof post 1955.
Note: Once electricity began to be introduced to the oast house, fans were used to drive air through the hops, which was easier to control than the traditional vacuum of air through the cowl this allowed a larger quantity of hops to be dried at one time. Some oast kilns were modified with louvred ventilators, to replaced the cowls which could not cope with the extra pressure. This example was called The "Watson" ventilator, designed in the 1960's
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6430 4541 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ64NW |
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| Parish: | CAPEL, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- OASTHOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1890 AD? to 2025 AD?)
Full description
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Two round oasthouses attached at the eastern end of the building appear on the 1st ed.(1862-1875), 2nd ed. (1897-1900), 3rd (1906-1923) and 4th ed. (1906-1952) OS maps. The original conical rooves have been replaced with a mechanically draughted ventilated louvred roof post 1955.
Note: Once electricity began to be introduced to the oast house, fans were used to drive air through the hops, which was easier to control than the traditional vacuum of air through the cowl this allowed a larger quantity of hops to be dried at one time. Some oast kilns were modified with louvred ventilators, to replaced the cowls which could not cope with the extra pressure. This example was called The "Watson" ventilator, designed in the 1960's
Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.
Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.
Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952) (Map). SKE30967.
Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923) (Map). SKE30966.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1. |
| --- | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2. |
| --- | Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923). |
| --- | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952). |
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