These examples of boats being given a second lease of life as sheds in Lindisfarne led me to seek further examples. It was brought to my attention that the Peggotty family in Charles Dickens' 'David Copperfield' lived in such a structure in Great Yarmouth as shown on this book jacket .
Further South down the East Coast of England I found these in Whitstable and Gravesend, Kent .
On the West Coast of mainland Scotland, however, it was considered bad luck to re-use parts from old vessels and the only Scottish examples that I've been able to discover are from Stronsay, Orkney Isles and the Shetland Isles .
If you know of other examples, whether of whole hulls or perhaps just a spar used as a roof-timber, then please drop me a line...
Update: I have found one in Harris! It is in Geocrab.
Update2: A modern take on the idea: Armadilla - http://www.shedworking.co.uk/2010/12/armadilla.html
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