farmhouse

thumb|A farmhouse (at bottom) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland thumb|The Devil's Farmhouse in [[Mellieħa, Malta, built by the Order of St. John with limestone]]

A farmhouse is a building that serves as the primary quarters in a rural or agricultural setting. Historically, farmhouses were often combined with space for animals called a housebarn. Other farmhouses may be connected to one or more barns, built to form a courtyard, or with each farm building separate from each other.