Farmhouse
A farmhouse is a building that serves as the primary quarters in a
Europe
Types of farmhouses in Europe include the following:
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Typical farmhouse in Triglav National Park, Slovenia
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A half-timbered farmhouse in Wales
France
A Bresse house (French: Ferme bressane) is a type of farmhouse found in the Bresse region and characterized by its long length, brick walls and wooden roof.[3][4] A
Germany
Historically there were three main types of German farmhouses, many of which survive today. The Low German house or Niedersachsenhaus (Lower Saxony house) is found mainly on the North German Plain, but also in large parts of the Netherlands. It is a large structure with a sweeping roof supported by two to four rows of internal posts. The large barn door at the gable end opens into a spacious hall, or Deele, with cattle stalls and barns on either side and living accommodation at the end. The Middle German house may also be a single unit, but access is from the side, and the roof is supported by the outside walls. Later this type of mitteldeutsches Haus was expanded to two or more buildings around a rectangular farmyard, often with a second story. The South German house is found in southern Germany and has two main variants, the Swabian or Black Forest house and the Bavarian farmstead.[7]
Italy
A Cascina a corte is a courtyard building whose arrangement is based on the Roman villa found in the Po Valley of northern Italy.[citation needed] A house called Casa colonica in Italy is a type of farmhouse where the residents work the land but do not own the farm.[8]
Malta
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Ta' Tabibu farmhouse at St. Paul's Bay, Malta
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San Gwann, Malta
North America
Types of farmhouses in North America include the following:
Canada
United States
American farmhouses had a straightforward construction designed to function amidst a working farm in a rural setting.[2] They had a simple rectangular floor plan, usually built with local materials, and included a dominant centrally-located fireplace for cooking and heating.[2]
See also
References
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- ^ a b c Ashby, Wallace (1934). Farmhouse plans. Washington, D.C: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Bresse Farms". bresse-bourguignonne. Office de Tourisme du Pays de la Bresse Bourguignonne. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ Monmarché, Georges (1949). France, Les Guides Bleu, English series, Nagel, p. 170.
- ^ "Mas". Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ISBN 2701303354.
- ^ Dickinson, Robert E. (1964). Germany: A regional and economic geography (2nd ed.). London: Methuen. pp. 152–154.
- JSTOR 990113.
- ^ "Ta Tabibu Farmhouse". 8472cdn.biz (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ "National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands", Ta' Xindi Farmhouse, Scheduled 1994, Published 28 December 2012; accessed 2 January 2016, p. 1-2.
- ^ Nobbs, Percy. Shortt, Adam; Doughty, Arthur G. (eds.). French Canadian Architecture in Canada and Its Provinces Vol. XII. Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Company. pp. 667–671. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ "What is a Sears Modern Home?". Sears. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Kit Home Information". The Arts & Crafts Society. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
Further reading
- Peterson, Fred W. (Winter 1982). "Vernacular Building and Victorian Architecture: Midwestern American Farm Homes". JSTOR 203267.
External links
- Media related to Farmhouses at Wikimedia Commons