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Oast Houses FAS013
Size: 6" x 4". An Oast House is usually a circular brick building with a white cowl on top, hundreds of which can be seen in the Wealden area. During the 1800's the railway lines built across the area brought the possibility of selling hops to the large town based brewers. The hops originally grown for local brewers, were now needed further afield and in larger quantities. This brought with it two problems, the first of transporting the hops, solved by the railways. The second problem of storage of the hops at the breweries was alleviated by drying the hops so they didn't rot during the winter months.
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