Ell (architecture)
[Connected Farms and Large Rural Homes]
– Connected farm architecture includes extensions like wings to attach main houses to other buildings
– Common attachments are barns, stables, towers, chapels, or defensive ranges
– In formal settings, extensions may be well-sunlit long galleries or plant-growing sections
– Outdoor extensions can be colonnades, pergolas, or indoor galleries conservatories
– Mediterranean and northern European traditions often feature connected farms and large rural homes
[See Also]
– Hyphen (architecture)
[References]
– Ching, Francis D. K. (1995). A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. p. 26. ISBN0-442-02462-2
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In architecture, an ell is a wing of a building perpendicular (at a right angle) to the length of the main portion (main range).
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It takes its name from the shape of the letter L. Ells are often additions to a building. Unless sub-wings or a non-rectangular outline floor plan exists such a wing makes the building L-shaped or T-shaped "in plan" (shape from above/below), though if not central nor at one end of the building the T-shape will be an offset T. Where a building is aligned closely to cardinal compass points, such a wing may be more informatively described by its related side of the building (such as "south wing of the building").