Building record 3272/6/3 - Cart hovel at East Farm

{1} This building lies to the south of the main group and comprises a simple structure built of coursed limestone and open to the north, typical of a cart hovel. This orientation militates against the expansion and shrinkage of timber joints. There is, unusually, a blocked owl or ventilation hole in the east gable, a seemingly unnecessary inclusion in a structure which has one entirely open side. The hovel is of three bays with two trusses. There are clearly chiselled carpenters marks cut with a flat chisel in each.

<1> Walker, C. and Prentice, J., 2014, A Level II Building Record of former barns and other farm buildings at Spring Hill Farm, Bozeat, Northamptonshire, p.17 (Report). SNN110173.

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Jan 8 2016 1:03PM