But and ben
Derelict but and ben near Lochhill
But and ben is an architectural style for a simple building, usually applied to a residence. The etymology is from the Scots language for a two-roomed cottage,[1][2] The term has been used by archaeologists to describe 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.
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald was born in a but and ben cottage in Lossiemouth, Scotland.[3]
In popular culture
In The Broons, a scottish comic strip, the titular family owns a but and ben in the country where they holiday. In 2008, Waverley Books published a But an' Ben Cookbook.
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.
- ↑ Ernest Ingersoll, 1906
- ↑ David Marquand, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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