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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 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 modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors.
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.
In addition to general architectural influences, this progressive change in style resulted from several other factors. In the 1850s, the abolition of tax on glass and bricks made these items cheaper yet a suitable material and the coming of the railway allowed them to be manufactured elsewhere, at low cost and to standard sizes and methods, and brought to site.
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H. Hacienda Santa Rita; Enoch Hall House; Hamilton-Brown House; John Harbach House; Hart–Hoch House; Hartland (Lewisburg, West Virginia) Judge Jonathan Hasbrouck House
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
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.