Chattel house
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chattel-house-317-4938507
title:
Chattel house
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Chattel house is a Barbadian term for a small moveable wooden house that working class people would occupy. The term goes back to the plantation days when the home owners would buy houses designed to move from one property to another. The word "chattel" means movable property so the name was appropriate. Chattel houses are set on blocks or a groundsill rather than being anchored into the ground. In addition, they are built entirely out of wood and assembled without nails. This allowed them to be
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encyclopedia
description:
Barbadian type of wooden house
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattel_house
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date modified:
2024-03-11T06:58:58Z
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