Frisian farmhouse

[1] It consists of a residence (the head) and a kitchen (the neck) placed in line in front of a big shed (the body).

The harvest was stacked in the attic or in open barns which were logically located near the livestock shed.

These farmhouses can be found in Friesland, Groningen[1] and (in the northern part of) North Holland.

Although sometimes considered as typically Frisian, the origin of this kind of farmhouse is found in the Het Bildt county where for the first time intensive agriculture flourished; the Bildt was especially suitable for harvesting large areas of land.

Because harvest quantities became larger, the inhabitants, who were mostly of South Holland origin, were some of the first who needed more storage and ordinary open barns gradually developed into large, enclosed sheds.