Lean-to
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A lean-to is a type of simple structure originally added to an existing building with the rafters "leaning" against another wall. Free-standing structures open on one or more sides (colloquially referred to as lean-tos in spite of being unattached to anything) are generally used as shelters.
A lean-to addition is an appendix to an existing structure constructed to fulfill a new need. Sometimes, it covers an external staircase, as in a 15th century addition against one of the walls of the large chapter room of the cathedral of Meaux. Other uses include protecting entrances, or establishing covered markets outside existing buildings.[1]
Examples
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A lean-to is originally defined as a structure in which the rafters lean against another building or wall, also referred to in prior times as a penthouse.[2] These structures characteristically have shed roofs, also referred to as "skillions", or “outshots” and “catslides” when the shed’s roof is a direct extension of a larger structure’s.
A lean-to shelter is a simplified free-standing version of a wilderness hut with three solid walls and a single- or, in the case of an Adirondack lean-to, offset-pitched gable roof. The open side is commonly oriented away from the prevailing weather. Often it is made of rough logs or unfinished wood and used for camping.
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This style of lean-to is popular in Finland and Scandinavia, and known as a laavu in Finnish, gapskjul or slogbod in Swedish, and gapahuk in Norwegian.
References
[edit]- ^ Dictionary of French Architecture from 11th to 16th Century (1856)[dead link]
- ^ "Lean-to" def. A. Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) © Oxford University Press 2009
External links
[edit]Media related to lean-to at Wikimedia Commons