Longhouse
- a long building which accommodated people at one end and their livestock at the other. Once common throughout europe until medieval times, they survived longer in colder northern countries.
Longhouse -
A building with dwelling area and byre under the same roof-alignment, usually separated by a cross-passage. The commonest type of Viking house.
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Early medieval European longhouses had an open fire under the highest point of the building. The "kitchen area" was between the entrance and the fireplace. In wealthy homes there was typically more than one kitchen.
Long-and-short workStones (quoins) at the angle or corner of a building placed with the long side alternately upright and horizontal, especially in Anglo-Saxon structures.LonghouseHouse and byre in the same range with internal access ...
 See also: Architecture, Floor, Lintel, Bridging, House
  
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