Ell Extension

Sometimes an ell extension would result in a "three-gable barn," but there are also ells that are architecturally smaller in scale and remain appendages rather than transforming the barn into another type. The Chester County barn shown below is still recognizable as a forebay barn.

Barn, West Vincent Township, Cochranville, Chester County
Barn, West Vincent Township, Cochranville, Chester County.

(Image from the Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress,
Prints and Photograph Division, Digital ID: hhh pa1509.photos.132282p)