Old Frisian longhouses were, as the name indicates, long-bodied houses which can be found in the Dutch province
Friesland
Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...
. This type of house had more than two different parts behind or beside each part. It is the forerunner of the "
Head-Neck-Body farmhouse".
There are a variety of types, but most have vanished during time. The only remaining longhouse is located in the Dutch village
Wartena. One of the oldest reminding of this type of residence comes from an undated writing from around 1850 from
J.H. Halbertsma, the
Lexicon Frisicum (A and B). Halbertsma made an untidy schematic drawing that shows the lines of the outer walls of a longhouse.
See also
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Old Frisian farmhouse
An Old Frisian farmhouse (german: Altfriesisches Bauernhaus) is a small unit farmhouse (''Wohnstallhaus'') that combined the farmer's living area and animals' stalls, and had limited space for storing harvest products. It was widely distributed ac ...
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Agricultural buildings in the Netherlands
Architecture in Frisia