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Description: | The collection numbers in the region of 1,000 objects and reflects the agriculture of the area comprehensively, with special emphasis on hop growing. The museum at Brook forms part of an attractive and historic group of buildings consisting of Court Lodge farmhouse, with its medieval moated site, manorial barn and hop oast.
The most important of the museum buildings is the late 14th century aisled barn with a crown post roof. It is a fine example of medieval craftsmanship in an excellent state of preservation. For almost forty years the Barn has housed the major part of the important Wye College collection of old farm equipment and implements, such as wagons and ploughs, mainly of Kentish origin. Adjacent to the barn is an oast house dated 1815, which is a virtually unique example of inner circle kiln construction. It has changed little since it was last used for hop drying in 1888, although it has been partially opened up to show its construction and method of operation. Small implements and hand tools are displayed on the ground floor and the upstairs cooling chamber. Many tools have associations with hop growing and are increasingly of historic interest. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | The Agricultural Museum
The Street
Brook
Ashford
Kent,
TN25 5PS | Telephone: | 01304 824969 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5914 | Go to resource |
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