The use of timber framing in the construction of industrial buildings was at one time a common feature in many parts of the country. Of these, undoubtedly the finest to survive are the windmills – post and smock – which still grace the countryside in eastern England and the South-East as well as the odd […]
Category: Timber-Framed, Buildings of England
Dovecot, Hawford, Hereford & Worcester
<2. ovv гм 82. 192. Dovecot, Pimp Hall Farm, Chigwell, Greater London to eight or so depending on size, fitted with either a separate or more often a continuous landing platform. Access into the dovecot was usually by means of a door into the back from the inside of the farm building.
Farm buildings, dovecots
The best-known type is the free-standing one, either circular, square, rectangular or multi-sided in plan. Means of access for the birds varied, but probably the most common was the glover, an open-sided structure on the ridge, while access into the dovecot for people was by means of a small door. Internally around the walls were […]
Farm buildings, cartsheds
Dovecots Until the eighteenth century, with the introduction of root crops, the wintering of animals was restricted to those required for breeding, the others being killed either for immediate consumption or salting for eating later. To supplement the limited diet, fresh meat was provided by keeping pigeons, not wood pigeons which breed only twice a […]
Farm buildings, cattlesheds
split door. From the middle of the nineteenth century onwards more importance was given to the housing of cattle, and legislation, particularly that of 1885 and 1926, laid down that more hygienic accommodation was to be provided, with more windows and ventilation. In addition, as hay was at this time only part of the winter […]