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Types of Houses
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Types of houses in Britain
Houses can be built in a large variety of configurations. A basic division is between free-standing or detached dwellings and various types of attached or multi-user dwellings. Both sorts may vary greatly in scale and amount of accommodation provided. Although there appear to be many different types, many of the variations listed below are purely matters of style rather than spatial arrangement or scale. Some of the terms listed are only used in some parts of the English speaking world.
A detached house is a house which is not joined to another house. The detached house below is a traditional house found in the south east corner of England.
The lower part of the house is made from stone and the upper part has tiles.
A semi-detached house
A semi detached house is a house which is joined to another house on one side.
The house below was built one hundred years ago when Queen Victoria was on the throne. It is a Victorian semi-detached house.
Terrace Houses
In most towns in England, there are streets of houses joined together in long rows. They are called terrace houses (terraced houses). Lots of these have small gardens at the back.
Oast House
Many people in England live in buildings which were once built for something else other than a home. Oast Houses were not originally a building where people lived. They were part of farm buildings and were where hops (a plant from which beer is made) were layed out and dried.
Virtual house
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Castle
A castle (from Latin castellum) is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility.
A detached house
Houses come in all shapes and sizes and vary from one part of the country to the next. We have houses which are more than 500 years old as well as brand new houses.
The main types of houses in England are:
Detached
Semi-detached
Terrace
Flats (apartments)
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A bungalow
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A bungalow is a house which is only on one floor, no stairs. It may be joined to another bungalow or might stand alone.