But and ben

But and ben (or butt and ben) is an architectural style for a simple building, usually applied to a residence. The etymology is from the Scots term for a two-roomed cottage.[1] The term describes a basic design of "outer room" conjoined with "inner room" as a residential building plan; the outer room, used as an antechamber or kitchen, is the but, while the inner room is the ben.[2]

Derelict but and ben near Lochhill

See also

References

C. Michael Hogan, Knossos fieldnotes, Modern Antiquarian (2007)
Ernest Ingersoll (1906) The Wit of the Wild, Published by Dodd, Mead and company, 294 pages

Line notes

Robinson, Mairi (1985). The Concise Scots Dictionary. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-08-028492-2.
Jamieson, John (1808). An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: Illustrating the Words in Their Different Significations, by Examples from Ancient and Modern Writers; Shewing Their Affinity to Those of Other Languages, and Especially the Northern; Explaining Many Terms, Which, Though Now Obsolete in England. Creech, Constable, and Blackwood. p. 46.

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