Storehouse

Storehouses are small, very sturdy buildings meant for keeping supplies for the day they're needed, either for maintenance or during a crisis. Empty water barrels are stored so they can be filled when water is short. Tools and equipment are used to replace that which is damaged, or to provide renovations to other buildings.

"Stores," which are distinct from "wares," which are objects created for the purpose of sale to the public, include materials such as planks, mortar, canvas, tools for heavy labour, baskets, sacks — and when associated with dockyards and wharves, this includes rope, nets, sail, pitch and more. Sand is often stored in case of fire, or to reduce ice in winter. Military posts use armouries to store arms, but a moving army requires hard goods of many kinds as well.

Construction

Storehouses tend to be small and narrow, typically 12 by 20 ft., though they may be longer in provide stores like support timbers for buildings or ship masts. They're built without windows, without soffiting. A single storehouse may serve a small guildhouse or a carter post, while dozens of storehouses may support a military post or wharf. If there are multiple storehouses, each will have specific requirements, that may effect their construction.

Total core materials for a 12 by 20 ft. storehouse are 192 cub.ft. broken stone, 64 cub.ft. mortar and 288 board ft. Cost varies according to location, but a reliable guess for the building shell would be 146 g.p.

Most storehouses are half-timbered, with a six-foot high wall of mortared broken stone and timber-framed rafters and roof. Stone walls are minimally 6 inches thick. Fire is a dangerous risk to storehouses; pitch mixed with sand can provide fire-protection, but the use of green wood for roofs, replaced seasonally, serves also. Giant waterbarrels are sometimes located beside storehouses in case of fire.

Protection

Storehouses aren't locked or, most of the time, even guarded. Most items that are stored would have little value and would be difficult to unload as stolen goods. Moreover, depots or docksides with storehouses are busy in some kind of service day and night, so that local dockworkers and gangers (supervisors) would be apt to notice an open door or the presence of a vehicle large enough to carry enough stores away to matter. It commonly takes time to find specific items amidst the tangle of things stored there, especially in the semi-dark and without prior knowledge.

See also,
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