{"product_id":"earls-carved-gothic-bat-house","title":"Earl's Carved Gothic Bat House","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n.prod-wrapper * { margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; box-sizing: border-box !important; }\n.prod-wrapper { font-family: 'Poppins', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif !important; color: #20251f !important; background: #f7f4ee !important; max-width: 760px !important; margin: 0 auto !important; padding: 24px 18px 48px !important; font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.65 !important; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; }\n.prod-hero { background: #1f2a37 !important; border-radius: 12px !important; padding: 38px 32px !important; text-align: center !important; margin-bottom: 26px !important; }\n.prod-hero-icon { font-size: 40px !important; display: block !important; margin-bottom: 12px !important; }\n.prod-hero h1 { font-size: 26px !important; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 1.3 !important; margin-bottom: 10px !important; }\n.prod-hero p { font-size: 15px !important; 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color: #2f4636 !important; width: 38% !important; background: #f7f4ee !important; }\n.prod-specs td:last-child { color: #444 !important; }\n@media (max-width: 600px) { .prod-includes { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr !important; } .prod-features { grid-template-columns: 1fr !important; } .prod-hero h1 { font-size: 22px !important; } }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-hero-icon\"\u003e🦇\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003eThe Carved Bat House People Actually Hang\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#d7ddd2 !important;\"\u003eEarl Pressley, 71 — thirty-one winters counting bats in the gorge caves. He carved a face onto his roosts so people would finally put them up: a spider-web, arched windows, a bat on the ridge. Up for Halloween, tenanted by July. 74 left. When his shoulder ends the work, there is no second batch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-story-quote\"\u003e“A bat wants a crack, not a mansion. I just gave the crack a face people would hang.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-story-author\"\u003e— Earl Pressley, Bat Cave, North Carolina\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-h2\"\u003eWhat arrives at your door\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-include-tile\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🦇\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Carved House\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne hand-built roost with a spider-web, arched windows \u0026amp; a ridge bat\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-include-tile\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🔼\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWing-Cut Bottom Entry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe only way in — bats climb up into the grooved interior\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-include-tile\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e📝\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHang-It-Right Card\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSunny wall, 12–15 ft up, near water if you can\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-include-tile\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🪵\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuilt to Weather\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolid wood with a weatherproof coat — up for October, out all year\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-h2\"\u003eWhy a real colony moves in — and a plastic decoration never could\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🌡\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Cool-Wall Build\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eA summer roost is a nursery, and a thin box in full sun cooks the pups inside. This one is built solid and vented between the chambers — those arched windows on the front are working vents — so heat moves out instead of stacking up to the range that kills a litter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🦇\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wing-Cut Entry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat spread-wing shape cut into the bottom is not decoration — it is the door. A bat never enters from the front; it drops in through the open bottom and climbs up, exactly the way the animal is built to move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🪵\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tight-Crevice Roost\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the carved front the chambers are narrow on purpose — a crack, not a room — until a bat’s back and belly both touch wood. That pressure is what tells it it is safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e✋\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Clawable Interior\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe front can be finished; the inside never is. Every interior surface is left raw and grooved, from the wing-cut landing all the way up, so bats can grip their way in and the pups do not slide. Smooth wood is a death trap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🌳\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Locust-\u0026amp;-Oak Frame\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eRot-resistant hardwood and a weatherproof outer coat let the house survive years of gorge weather. It is built to outlast the person who hangs it — unlike the plastic bat that goes back in a bin on November first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🕸\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Face People Hang\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spider-web, the arched windows, the bat on the ridge, the burned-in plaque — each is there for one reason: a bat house that gets displayed is a bat house that works. The plain ones come down. This one goes up front, where a colony can find it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-quote\" style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003e“Most people picture bats in caves, but in summer the females gather in warm day roosts to raise their pups, and that is exactly the habitat we have stripped out of the landscape — dead trees, loose bark, old barns. A good bat house replaces it, but only if it gets a few things right: wood that will not overheat, ventilation, an open-bottom entry, and a rough, grooved interior the bats can climb. The honest problem is that most correct boxes are too plain to ever get hung. If a decorative one gets a homeowner to actually mount it on a warm, sheltered wall, that is a real conservation win — after white-nose syndrome, recovery happens one colony at a time.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-name\" style=\"color:#cdbb94 !important;\"\u003eDr. Marian Holt, Wildlife Biologist — Bat Conservation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-inst\" style=\"color:#a9a07f !important;\"\u003eSouthern Appalachian Bat Working Group\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-h2\"\u003ePerfect for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎃 Halloween \u0026amp; fall porch decor\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🏡 Year-round garden art\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🦇 Little brown \u0026amp; big brown bats\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🦟 Natural mosquito control\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🌳 Wooded \u0026amp; waterside yards\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🍎 Orchards \u0026amp; farms\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎁 Gift for a nature lover\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🌙 Dusk watchers\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-h2\"\u003eQuality you can check yourself\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVented, solid wood\u003c\/strong\u003e — the arched front windows are working vents, so it holds a safe temperature through summer instead of cooking the colony.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWing-cut bottom entry\u003c\/strong\u003e — the safe, predator-resistant way bats actually use a roost, cut into the shape of a bat’s wings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRaw, grooved interior\u003c\/strong\u003e — hand-cut grooves give bats something to climb and grip from the landing all the way up.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeatherproof, carved by hand\u003c\/strong\u003e — a real wood house with a protective coat that stays up and looks right all year, not just in October.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinal batch\u003c\/strong\u003e — each one is carved by Earl himself. Once the barn is empty, there is no restock.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e30-Day Money-Back Guarantee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHang it on a sunny wall or post and live with it for a few weeks. If it arrives not as described, or it simply isn’t right for your spot, send it back within 30 days for a full refund. A simple email is all it takes — and shipping across the US is free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA note on handmade variance \u0026amp; wild tenants:\u003c\/strong\u003e Every house is carved and finished by hand, so grain, color, and small marks vary from one to the next — that is the sign of real handwork, not a defect. And bats are wild: hung correctly (a sunny wall or post, 12–15 ft up, sheltered, near water if you can), a roost is often found within a season or two, but the timing is the colony’s, not ours. Put it up in fall as decoration and it will be weathered and waiting before the maternity season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-h2\"\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSolid pine with rot-resistant hardwood detailing, forged spider-web accent\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWarm natural wood tone with a weatherproof protective coat — interior left raw and grooved\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDesign\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCastle \/ curtain-wall style — arched window vents, carved ridge bat, wing-cut bottom, “Bat House” plaque\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChambers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2 ventilated roosting chambers, each approx. 1.2 in \/ 3 cm wide\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBoard thickness\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 0.4 in \/ 1 cm solid wood\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEntry\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWing-cut open bottom — the only way in; bats climb up into the interior\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNatural wood\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMounting\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHangs on a sunny wall, barn, or post — 12–15 ft up, sheltered, near water if possible\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAlmost none — a quick check from below once a year in late fall\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMade\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-carved by Earl Pressley near Bat Cave, North Carolina — ships from the US\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinal batch — 74 only, no restock · 4.9 ★ (Top Rated)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Handmade by Earl Pressley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54170042827095,"sku":"MM-EARL-GOTHIC-BAT","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/9505\/2887\/files\/hf_20260730_090344_931cbe86-7829-404f-b526-1b0ed49ae6a5.png?v=1785402978","url":"https:\/\/www.marlowmarketco.com\/products\/earls-carved-gothic-bat-house","provider":"Marlow Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}