[SafeHaven]

This is on the smallholding we've just bought. It's like a tiny barn. About 6ft tall at the apex, maybe 8'-9' long Concrete floor. You'd have to stoop to get in. What's it for?

[Penninehillbilly]

So that's the only door in and hinges on top?
Was it mentioned in the sales description?

[SafeHaven]

It's the only door I've seen. And the particulars just say "a range of outbuildings...". Which I presume are the barns, stables, etc. This one is a mystery. It's like a dwarf barn.

[harmony]

Most likely pigs but could have been for sheep or calves. What are you going to use it for?

[SafeHaven]

Most likely pigs but could have been for sheep or calves. What are you going to use it for?

I don't know. It's in an area over from the main house, by the vegetable beds... it's very strange. It seems a very extravagant place to keep your garden implements. It's a well sturdy place to keep chickens, but cleaning it out would be a nightmare. It's perplexing! 

[Womble]

It looks a bit like the hen house that was here when we moved in. People were shorter in those days! 

We demolished it, and converted the existing 8'x10' Wendy House into a hen house. The previous owner's children were not amused when they found out!

[YorkshireLass]

I'm getting chicken house vibes from those pictures

[SafeHaven]

It would make a very sturdy chicken house. But having had chooks for a long time, I don't think it would be very easy to clean or collect eggs from, and not very well ventilated either. 

[Buttermilk]

Is it in a position where it would have been used as a kennel for outdoor dogs?

[SafeHaven]

Is it in a position where it would have been used as a kennel for outdoor dogs?

It's in an open area between the house and vegetable gardens. But there is also a drive nearby that goes right down to the road. I suppose it could be a kennel. But that shelf in the back doesn't make too much sense, unless it's a small dog that doesn't like sleeping on the ground...

Looks like there used to be a hinged door on it but it's not there anymore.

[Penninehillbilly]

Goats like a raised shelf to sleep On?
Your first picture, does the bottom of that opening open?  So things can walk in and out?  That's what is confusing me?

[SafeHaven]

It's just a standard, one door opening, right to the floor. The shelf at the back is maybe 3' off the ground, and 2' ish deep. Any goats would have to arm wrestle to get the top bunk because it'd probably only hold one little'un!

[SafeHaven]

Could it be a pig shelter? There's no fence around it... but...

[Penninehillbilly]

But there looks to be a hinge as though something hinged along the top so it swung from the top?
If it's on the way to the veg garden how about a potting shed?  Sloping sides may have been easier to construct with materials available? Is it a windy area?  Maybe less wind resistance?
Duck shed and their food stored on the shelf where they couldn't reach?  ?

[SafeHaven]

With only one opening, that you'd have to stoop to get through, and no ventilation, I think it would be hard to clean out if housing mucky animals like ducks or chickens. And HOT when the sun's out. That's what confuses me.

It's on a Welsh hillside so I'd say the occasional gust of wind is feasible!

Maybe I should just figure out what it CAN be used for and go from there!