Title

Exterior view of an oast house at Hope Farm, Fairfield, Kent, 1956

Caption

Exterior view of an oast house at Hope Farm, Fairfield, Kent, 1956. The circular construction and conical tiled roof of this oast house are clearly visible. A plough and harrow lie in the foreground, with oil drums on the left. Oast houses are primarily associated with Kent and Sussex and were used to dry hops which are required in the brewing process.

Date

1956

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19A77_496

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (1,7Mb) / 12,5in x 16,7in / 3760 x 5011 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior countryside building buildings England agriculture architecture cone roof brick plough tile location circular century Kent harrow outside B&W MONOCHROME fifties 1950s black & white black and white B W 20th century English Heritage decade Fairfield oast house TGN photograph FJ Palmer Palmer FJ photograph