1998
TQ6747 : Hop Farm Family Park, Beltring, Paddock Wood from A228
taken 28 years ago, near to Beltring, Kent, England
This is 1 of 2 images, with title Hop Farm Family Park, Beltring, Paddock Wood from A228 in this square
Hop Farm Family Park, Beltring, Paddock Wood from A228
Grade II* Listed oasts and granaries. Early 20th century and listed in 1959 as Whitbreads Hop Farm, it is now an events and retail venue. The site has been a farm since at least the 16th century and in 1575 ownership passed to the Worshipful Company of Drapers for about the next 350 years. The farm was sold to Whitbread in 1920 and remained a working farm until 1997 although the brewery opened it up to visitors as early as the 1930s. The new owners grew the business and sold it to Kent Attractions Ltd in 2007. They sold it again in 2012 only to be rescued the following year by another company from within The Hop Farm group.
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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- Grid Square
- TQ6747, 139 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Jo and Steve Turner (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Friday, 22 May, 1998 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 6746 4749 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:12.1248N 0:23.7377E - Camera Location
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OSGB36: TQ 6751 4747
- View Direction
- West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
