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Yes Andrew... 
This was the cidery that was hit by the howitzer incendiarry carcass.  Following the battle, there were no repairs.  As mentioned above, the elements on the grass is the imagination of the unknown artist.  However, I was working on the off-chance that a cider expert could have confirmed the 'ramps' jutting from the two windows.   
As mentioned before, his imagination was obviously related to the woodwork needed for the roof.

Thank you everyone for your help...   

This building received the howitzer’s incendiary carcass, and everything collapsed inside. (poetic licence with panelling through the windows ?) 

Now there's a thought !  Yes, could be !  But it doesn't add up...,

Good morning everyone…
As my post is a military-linked question, I suppose I should have posted it in the appropriate section.  However, as this this makes up more of a general, ‘building’ and observation question…, here I am. 

Question:  What are the elements strewn about the grass in this painting ?

Date and details:  This is an anonymous painting of the Hougoumont farm following the Battle of Waterloo.  I have only presented part of the painting, as the remainder, despite it being of interest, it has many errors.  As such, my question remains focused. 
Judging from the walls still standing, it was probably painted between 1817 and 1830.  This then tells us that a certain amount of imagination was used by the artist, as these elements would have been used for the pyres.  The building on the left was the cidery, (to the east of the Northgate) and we can see, projecting from the first and second-floor charging holes, a sort of ‘ramp,’ probably used to roll the barrels down onto the carts. 
However, why so many ‘ramps’ on the grass for so few windows, when ‘logically,’ only two would have been needed.   

PS  Why have I posted this on RootsChat instead of some Napoleonic forum ?  Well, following 10-years of research, my manuscript should be going to print early next year.  In it, RootsChat will be thanked in the credits’ pages…, for all the incredible assistance provided by hundreds of members.  Thanks to you, I have been able to create Ancestry trees for my ‘Eight Hougoumont heroes,’ (for which RHQ have informed me that their Waterloo Medals will be reinstated) plus the Hougoumont Farmer Antoine Dumonceau and his gardener Guillaume Van Cutsem. 
Thank you everyone…, much appreciated.   …, Iain.   

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