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A bit more info from Brian Murless of the Somerset Industrial Arch Soc: Hack is a common term for drying (at least in Somerset), the clay products being stacked on racks prior to firing. In their simplest form they are slatted timber racks with a temporary roof coverings for external use in good weather. However, the drying shed developed from a shed with louvered shutters and a boiler at one end (as seen at Wedmore) to a building with pipes carrying the waste heat from the kilns. Chris Webster Somerset Historic Environment Record Somerset Heritage Centre Brunel Way Taunton TA2 6SF 01823 347434 Online HER: www.somersetheritage.org.uk The Somerset HER is managed for Somerset County Council by the South West Heritage Trust. South West Heritage Trust is a charity and a company limited by guarantee registered in England. Registered office: Somerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset TA2 6SF Company number: 09053532 Charity Number: 1158791 VAT Registration Number: 197221592 ________________________________________ From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Sarah Orr <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 16 September 2016 10:34 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Hack Shed and potteries Hello, could anyone tell me please what a ‘hack shed’ would be used for in relation to a pottery/ brick making site? I have a 1971 plan of a derelict site on which one is marked. Not (yet) in the Monuments thesaurus... Thanks Sarah Orr Historic Environment Record Officer Culture and Environmental Protection West Berkshire Council Market Street Newbury RG14 5LD (01635) 519805 | Ext 2805 | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.westberks.gov.uk/HER<http://info.westberks.gov.uk/HER> [fb]<https://www.facebook.com/West-Berkshire-Heritage-1518355218486852/?fref=ts> [twitter] <https://twitter.com/WbHeritage> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed may not necessarily represent those of West Berkshire Council. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this e-mail in error. All communication sent to or from West Berkshire Council may be subject to recording and or monitoring in accordance with UK legislation, are subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and may therefore be disclosed to a third party on request. [https://themuseumofsomerset.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/pirates-email-banner.jpg]<https://museumofsomerset.org.uk/pirates/> [https://themuseumofsomerset.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/swht-july2016.png?w=665]<http://www.swheritage.org.uk/> South West Heritage Trust is supported by Somerset and Devon County Councils South West Heritage is a charity and a company limited by guarantee registered in England. Registered office: Somerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset TA2 6SF. Company number: 09053532 Charity Number: 1158791 VAT Registration Number: 197221592 Disclaimer This email communication along with any attachments is intended for the person(s) it is addressed to only. The communication is not legally binding, nor is it a contractual commitment on behalf of the South West Heritage Trust. We make every effort to keep our network free of malicious software and take no responsibility for any malware, virus or other damaging files transmitted via this communication. South West Heritage Trust <http://www.swheritage.org.uk>