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From the 18th century, landowners and their servants would move to a townhouse during the social season when balls and other society gatherings took place. [1] From the 18th century, most townhouses were terraced; it was one of the successes of Georgian architecture to persuade the rich to buy terraced houses, especially if they were in a ...
A terrace, terraced house , or townhouse [a] is a type of medium-density housing which first started in 16th century Europe with a row of joined houses sharing side walls. In the United States and Canada these are sometimes known as row houses or row homes.
A townhouse, townhome, town house, or town home, is a type of terraced housing. A modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors.
A row of typical British terraced houses in Manchester. Terraced houses have been popular in the United Kingdom, particularly England and Wales, since the 17th century. They were originally built as desirable properties, such as the townhouses for the nobility around Regent's Park in central London, and the Georgian architecture that defines the World Heritage Site of Bath.
Georgian period townhouses in Pery Square, Newtown Pery, Limerick, Ireland, after 1769 Kedleston Hall by Matthew Brettingham and Robert Adam , begun 1769, a large English country house One of Robert Adam 's masterpieces, in a largely Georgian setting: Pulteney Bridge , Bath , 1774
Devonshire House in Piccadilly, was the London townhouse of the Dukes of Devonshire during the 18th and 19th centuries. Following a fire in 1733 it was rebuilt by William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, in the Palladian style, to designs by William Kent. Completed circa 1740, it stood empty after the First World War and was demolished in 1924.
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Early in the Victorian era (up to the 1840s) houses were still influenced by the classicism of Regency styles.However the simplicity of Regency classicism fell out of favour as affluence increased and by the 1850s the Italianate style influenced domestic architecture which now incorporated varying quantities of stucco.