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Show Figure 118: Estate outside Copenhagen, c.1750. Swedish province of Skane or in Denmark, the two areas that sent the great majority of converts to the Sanpete Valley. In these areas the venerable dwelling form was a type of longhouse which contained both house and barn. 45 The specific origins of the Sanpete types XXXIX-XLIII are found in a Palladian-inspired version of the pair house which was introduced into both Skane and Denmark during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. If the Renaissance legacy to Anglo-American tradition was the Georgian house, its contribution to Scandinavian folk architecture was a lar9e classically appointed triparite house that became the principal dwelling form found on large estates (herrgard) during the eig hteenth century (figure 118). 46 This mansion-type house was distinguished by its symmetrical facade and the presence of a large room in the center of 222 |
