Gulf house
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A gulf house, also called a gulf farmhouse or East Frisian house, is a type of byre-dwelling that emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries in North Germany. The core of the gulf house consists of a timb
A Gulf house in the district of Leer - front and barn door
Gulf house in brick in the Wangerland. Back of house with barn door (right) and stable door (left).
Roof design of an East Frisian Gulf house from inside, seen from the threshing floor (dêel)
Farm labourer's house at the Cloppenburg Museum Village
Frisian farmhouse
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A "Head-Neck-Body farmhouse" or Head-Neck-Rump farmhouse is a typical Frisian farmhouse. It consists of a residence and a kitchen placed in line in front of a big shed. A striking fact is that the res
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…barn as such, and the related farm subtype known as the Oldambt farm, which in Germany is also called the Ostfriesenhaus. The other subtypes are the Frisian farmhouse ("house with Frisian barn"), the Haubarg or stolpboerderij (a type of housebarn from North-Holland and Eiderstedt), and the closely related stjelp farm…
A typical Frisian Head-Neck-Body farmhouse
Head-neck-rump farm with moat, possibly built in the first half of the 16th century
Drawing of an earlier "longhouse type"
Drawing of an earlier "longhouse type" in evolution