Drawing for a lecture: One longhouse gets an attic and the other gets a stone wall
The two longhouses get further modifications. The further one has the loving accommodation updated to match it's neighbour, with the walls rebuilt in stone. The closer one meanwhile has an attic, lit by a former window, added and the byre, which was in need of repair, has a new gable built. It is possible these changes took place over a longer or shorter time span but the stonework visible today shows the changes took place gradually whatever the exact order. Some of the conjecture behind the drawings is based on known developments to similar buildings elsewhere in the town, captured in historic photographs.
Drawing for a lecture: One longhouse gets an attic and the other gets a stone wall
The two longhouses get further modifications. The further one has the loving accommodation updated to match it's neighbour, with the walls rebuilt in stone. The closer one meanwhile has an attic, lit by a former window, added and the byre, which was in need of repair, has a new gable built. It is possible these changes took place over a longer or shorter time span but the stonework visible today shows the changes took place gradually whatever the exact order. Some of the conjecture behind the drawings is based on known developments to similar buildings elsewhere in the town, captured in historic photographs.