I'm hoping someone might have already built this and can help. I purchased Robert Lang's plans and have a problem I'm not sure how to solve. This settle has a hinged top that opens to reveal a small storage compartment. The lid itself sits between two side stiles and a back piece. the only positive contact the plan shows the lid having is that it rests on the front cross-piece. The back of the lid is supposed to be hinged with butt hinges to the back stile. There is no indication in the plan as to how the three pieces around the lid are held down. As they would be long grain to long grain Lang suggests that even just gluing them would work. But if the lid is hinged to the back piece I'm having trouble seeing how this would be stable when someone actually sat on the settle.

Has anyone built this and solved this problem? Many thanks in advance!!