Kentish farmhouse by Ronald Lampitt for Ladybird Books.
One of many lovely illustrations.
One of many lovely illustrations.
January 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Kentish farmhouse by Ronald Lampitt for Ladybird Books.
One of many lovely illustrations.
One of many lovely illustrations.
Those Oasthouses! 😍
January 15, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Those Oasthouses! 😍
This is "Oast Houses, Kent" by John Cooper from 1934. Some years ago, thanks to a contact here, the location of this one was identified as being Forge Farm between Eridge & Groombridge in Kent, highlighted in yellow on the map, courtesy of The National Library Of Scotland #JohnCooper #OastHouses
July 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This is "Oast Houses, Kent" by John Cooper from 1934. Some years ago, thanks to a contact here, the location of this one was identified as being Forge Farm between Eridge & Groombridge in Kent, highlighted in yellow on the map, courtesy of The National Library Of Scotland #JohnCooper #OastHouses
The cuckoo is in good voice this morning. His call lends an added dimension to our valley of wooded shaws and sloping orchards, with the stream wending through alders at the bottom; a stretching-back into history among the oasthouses.
I hope he stays.
I hope he stays.
April 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The cuckoo is in good voice this morning. His call lends an added dimension to our valley of wooded shaws and sloping orchards, with the stream wending through alders at the bottom; a stretching-back into history among the oasthouses.
I hope he stays.
I hope he stays.
Many oasthouses survive in Kent, most of which have been converted into homes. There’s a thriving trade in carpenters locally who specialise in building and fitting furniture into the roundels.
Other work by the Ladybird artists
A Kent farm in Spring
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
A Kent farm in Spring
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
March 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Many oasthouses survive in Kent, most of which have been converted into homes. There’s a thriving trade in carpenters locally who specialise in building and fitting furniture into the roundels.
A malthouse is a long low building - most now converted to homes or other uses.
Where I grew up in Kent (nr London) lots of hops were grown - as you prob know they stabilise & flavour beer. Hops were dried in v distinctive oasthouses like these:
Where I grew up in Kent (nr London) lots of hops were grown - as you prob know they stabilise & flavour beer. Hops were dried in v distinctive oasthouses like these:
March 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A malthouse is a long low building - most now converted to homes or other uses.
Where I grew up in Kent (nr London) lots of hops were grown - as you prob know they stabilise & flavour beer. Hops were dried in v distinctive oasthouses like these:
Where I grew up in Kent (nr London) lots of hops were grown - as you prob know they stabilise & flavour beer. Hops were dried in v distinctive oasthouses like these:
Spotted a few oasthouses from the #12 bus (Maidstone - Tenterden) including these
January 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Spotted a few oasthouses from the #12 bus (Maidstone - Tenterden) including these
Batemans is a lovely, warm, oak-panelled Sussex manor, purchased by Rudyard Kipling in 1902 for £9k. He arrived in a very early motorcar, and the seller later confided that if he’d realised motorcars would ‘catch on’, he’d have charged Kipling twice the price for the isolated Manor House.
November 30, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Batemans is a lovely, warm, oak-panelled Sussex manor, purchased by Rudyard Kipling in 1902 for £9k. He arrived in a very early motorcar, and the seller later confided that if he’d realised motorcars would ‘catch on’, he’d have charged Kipling twice the price for the isolated Manor House.
March 12, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Question, did/does anywhere have that many #oasthouses in one place other than Beltring?
January 28, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Question, did/does anywhere have that many #oasthouses in one place other than Beltring?
There's an alternate timeline where he decides not to fuss too much with his parents' Irish heritage and instead forms a band called the Oasthouses who just do songs about Kentish things like hop growing and racism. Identity is a funny thing
December 3, 2023 at 11:22 AM
There's an alternate timeline where he decides not to fuss too much with his parents' Irish heritage and instead forms a band called the Oasthouses who just do songs about Kentish things like hop growing and racism. Identity is a funny thing
Oasthouses at Maplescombe
December 2, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Oasthouses at Maplescombe