Posted by John Nichols on May 30, 2006 at 05:08:03 from 24.250.149.61 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Re: Really, The Dogs Home? posted by Kathy_S on May 30, 2006 at 00:13:24:
I take that as a yes, reluctantly, but yes. If wrong, please telegraph by return snail mail:
Address
John M Nichols
12 Snail Way
Beowulf Village via Snowdon
Greenland, 090730
The picture of the Dogs' home with the string (great effect do you not think - ie do not enter but if you must put the string back.) does not have the beams shown laid between the long walls shown in AR sketch - presumably because the light roof beams at the midpoint of the truss were not long enough for hammocks and AR needed the beams for his story. With this size roof noone in their right mind would use AR's beams, to enpensive and labour consuming. Poetic licence.
he could have used the Crook Barn nearby instead of the Dog's Home, much more realistic and dated to about 1700. My guess is the DH is about 1830 - 1860ish?
JMN