Old Frisian longhouse
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An old Frisian longhouse was a long-bodied byre-dwelling or longhouse that was widespread in the Dutch and Frisian North Sea coastal marshes from the Later Middle Ages until the 18th or 19th century.
Drawing of a longhouse by Joost Hiddes Halbertsma, c. 1850. (1) dwelling quarters or "interior house" (binhús), (2) kitchen and dairy room, or "middle house" (milhús), and (3) byre or "cow house" (bûthús).
Old Frisian longhouse in Warten, Friesland, 1967
Longhouse in Warten after restoration
Byre of the longhouse of Wartena, 1967
Longhouse
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A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single or multi-room building for communal dwelling. It has been built in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe, and No
Old Frisian longhouse
…An old Frisian longhouse (German: Altfriesisches Bauernhaus) was a long-bodied byre-dwelling (Wohnstallhaus) or longhouse that was widespread in the Dutch and Frisian North Sea coastal marshes from the Later Middle Ages until the 18th or 19th century. It combined the…
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