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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.
Since apartment-style condos are the most common, when someone refers to a condo, many erroneously assume that it must be an apartment-style dwelling and that only apartment-style dwellings can be condos. All types of dwellings can be condos, and this is therefore true of townhouses. A brownstone townhouse is a particular variety found in New York.
This category is for townhouses, or urban residences of members of the British nobility or gentry in the United Kingdom. Pages in category "Townhouses in the United Kingdom" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
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.
The recently completed Devonshire House on John Rocque's 1746 map of London. Devonshire House occupied the site of Berkeley House, which was built between 1665 and 1673 and at a cost of over £30,000, by John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, of Bruton Priory in Somerset, following his return from service as Viceroy of Ireland.
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.
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