Boathouse

A boathouse (or boat house) is a building especially designed for the storage of boats, normally smaller craft for sports or leisure use.^[1] These are typically located on open water, such as on a river. Often the boats stored are rowing boats. Other boats such as punts or small motor boats may also be stored.

Sometimes, a boathouse may be the headquarters of a boat club or rowing club. It may also include a restaurant, bar,^[2]and other leisure facilities,^[1] perhaps for members of an associated club. Boathouses are also sometimes modified to include living quarters for people, or the whole structure may be used as temporary or permanent housing.

In Scandinavia, the boathouse is known as a naust, a word deriving from Old Norse naverstað. These were typically built with stone walls and timber roofs and would be either open to the sea or provided with sturdy doors. The floors would be a simple continuation of the beach sand or rock, or they might be dug down to permit a boat to sail into the boathouse.

Edinburgh Canal Society boathouse on the Union Canal.

Boathouses on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, England.

Boathouse Row on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, USA.

Racing shells stored inside a boathouse in Israel.

Boathouses on the Yarra River in Alexandra Gardens, Melbourne, Australia.

Boathouses in western Norway.

Log boathouse by Nordfjord.

Stone-walled Norwegian boathouse set into a hillside.

Closeup of the second boathouse at Topridge

Knollwood Club boathouse on Lower Saranac Lake, USA

Stone boathouse at Camp Katia on Upper St. Regis Lake, USA

Boathouse at Camp Wild Air, Upper St. Regis Lake, USA

Durham School Boat Club's boathouse seen from Prebends Bridge, UK

Boathouse on upper Lake Zürich in Jona-Busskirch, Switzerland

Boathouse on Lake Zürich in Zollikon, Switzerland

References

^ ^a ^b Report Flooding at Evesham describing the facilities
^ A Description of a boat house

Rooms, spaces, and architectural elements

Public areas	Airport lounge Auditorium Cafeteria Classroom Changing room / Locker room Conference hall Doctor's office Function hall Mailroom Library Lobby Office Refectory Restroom Security Waiting room

Passages and spaces	Alcove Atrium Balcony Breezeway Corridor Deck Elevator Emergency exit Escalator Entryway / Genkan / Mud room Foyer Hallway Loft Loggia Nook Patio Pedway Pergola Porch porte-cochère Portico Ramp Secret passage Skyway Spear closet Stairway Terrace Veranda Vestibule Wheelchair ramp

Utility and storage	Attic Basement Box room / Carport Cloakroom Closet Electrical room Equipment room Furnace room / Boiler room Garage Janitorial closet Laundry room / Utility room Mechanical room / floor Pantry Root cellar Semi-basement Studio Server room Wardrobe Workshop Vault Wine cellar Wiring closet / Demarcation point

Shared residential rooms	Billiard room Bonus room Common room Den Dining room Drawing room Family room Great room Hearth room Home office Kitchen Kitchenette Library Living room / Lounge / Sitting room Man cave Media room or Home theater Mehmaan khana Recreation room Shrines Study Sunroom / Solarium

Private rooms	Bathroom / Toilet (room) Bedroom / Guest room Boudoir Cabinet Jack and Jill bathroom Nursery Safe room State room Suite Walk-in closet

Great house areas	Ballroom Butler's pantry Buttery Drawing room Fainting room Great chamber Great hall Larder Long gallery Lumber room Parlour Root cellar Salon Saucery Scullery Servants' hall Servants' quarters Smoking room Solar Spicery Still room Undercroft

Other areas	Barn Boathouse Conservatory Gym Loading dock Moon gate Outhouse Secondary suite Shed Stable Storm cellar or Storm room

Architectural elements	Arch Ceiling Colonnade Column Courtyard Fireplace Floor Gate Lighting Ornament Swimming pool Vault Wet bar Roof

Related terms	Building Furniture House House plan Rooms

Boathouse

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