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Lean-to
Shelter with a roof leaning against other structures / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a type of structure. For the roof form, see mono-pitched roof.
A lean-to is a type of simple structure originally added to an existing building with the rafters "leaning" against another wall. Free-standing structures open on one or more sides (colloquially referred to as lean-tos in spite of being unattached to anything) are generally used as shelters.
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Lean-to, French: Appentis, built against the walls of Meaux Cathedral
A typical free-standing Adirondack-style lean-to shelter
A lean-to addition is an appendix to an existing structure constructed to fulfill a new need. Sometimes, it covers an external staircase, as in a 15th century addition against one of the walls of the large chapter room of the cathedral of Meaux. Other uses include protecting entrances, or establishing covered markets outside existing buildings.[1]