 The separate living quarters were raised above the level of the main hall as if on a plinth and in the larger four-post farmhouses ("Vierständerhäuser") sometimes formed a sort of gallery.The most eye-catching decoration of the otherwise drab "Fachhallenhaus" is found on the point of the gables and consists of carved wooden boards in the shape of (stylised) horses' heads.The boards do serve a constructional purpose in that they protect the edges of the roof from the wind.