Types of houses

1. TYPES OF HOUSES and BUILDINGS

2. A detached house

4. A semi-detached house

6. Terraced houses A terrace(d) or row house , is a style of housing in use since the late 17th century . A row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls. The first and last of these houses is called an end terrace .

7. Royal Crescent in Bath

8. Terraced houses at Fortuneswell, Dorset, UK

9. Cottages A cottage is usually found in a rural (sometimes village), or semi-rural location.

10. Bungalows

12. Block of flats A red brick apartment block in East London, England , on the north bank of the Thames

13. A penthouse

15. Skyscrapers

18. A country house

22. A mobile home BrE a large caravan which always stays in the same place and is used as a house

23. Caravan BrE a vehicle that a car can pull and in which people can live and sleep when they are on holiday = AmE trailer

24. A wigwam It has a single room , and it was used by certain Native American tribes.

25. Tepees

26. An igloo

28. Houseboats It is a boat that has been designed to be used primarily as a human dwelling . Some are not motorised, because they are usually kept stationary at a fixed point.

29. A boathouse

30. A chalet a house with a steep sloping roof, common in places with high mountains and snow , such as Switzerland

31. Tents

32. Tree houses a wooden structure built in the branches of a tree for children to play in

33. A log cabin

34. Shanty

35. Dormitory especially BrE a large room for several people to sleep in, for example in a boarding school or hostel AmE a large building at a college or university where students live [= HALL OF RESIDENCE BrE ]

36. Bed-sit BrE a rented room used for both living and sleeping in

37. Monastery / Convent monasteries - a place where monks live convent - a building or set of buildings where nuns live

38. Barn conversion

39. French windows a pair of doors made mostly of glass, usually opening onto a garden or balcony

40. Thatched roof