Outlooker remnant

The rotted end-grain of the timber in the center of the photo is the cut-off remains of the southern outlooker, one of the pair of cantilevered supports for the original 18th century and the restored 20th-century pent hood over the kitchen doorway in the east eaves wall [see DTR09FN3--1001.01.176 for a sketch drawing of the various positions of the door frame from the early period to modern times, including the 2009 restoration]. The wooden shim nailed to the side of the outlooker is not an original detail. Laurence Ward, 2010, updated April, 2021