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unique peculiarik. Its posiuon on one of the gable ends Pod it's size relative tothe re*
of the house conforms with other one mam dwellings. Heat sou- for small English
cottages had been traditionally situated on a gable wall since Tudor timer (Barley
1961:49). One of the reasons for this it thar eenvaf open heanhr were prone to drafts
imdooways. Therefwe. by placingthc h mh with its opn, name along a wall, th~s
problem war solved. The ecnterof the flwr war then free for orher activities.
The sheer nze of the heanh on. vinually one-third d the house interior. ruggerm thal r
wnsiderable degree of activity likely =umd there. ty~cially tho= 8ctiviticr requiring
hcur or wmth. In addition to fmd preparation and consumption, the abubundmrr orclay
smoking pips. case bottle glass and drinking cup sheds indicvF that the M h area wa
the rene of much leisure ativily. Tobacco and alcohol consumption were popular fom
of leisure activ~tier enjoyed by Eaglih fsbemm dwhgk hcmvcruemtheentury
(Churchlll 1984).
There were several features fmm the heanh area lhar appear to be unusual. The first
obvious pecullviry war the loeation of b firs box. In sewnteenth-century Devan.
corner kmhs were wcasionally used lo heat individual mom in large houwr. but on the
whole, they were not u normal feam in one-mom houren (N. Almk pen. com. 1995).
A her1 sourn in the center of the wall would he mare ruirabk fmthmwing hat. whereas
the heat from a fireplace in the mmer of a mom would he panidly absorbed by Ihe ride