The word "chattel " means movable property so the name was appropriate Chattel houses are set on blocks or a groundsill rather than
Kaynak: Chattel house

Some parishioners were buried in one of the chantry chapels, beneath the ‘groundsill '. It does not appear that every member had this
Kaynak: Saint Anne's Guild

The residential wing's upper floor is built with exposed timber framing , a decorated groundsill, several chest- and neck-high railings and
Kaynak: Jettenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate