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The Victorian Society is a membership charity which campaigns for Victorian architecture. In the United States, Victorian house styles include Second Empire , Queen Anne , Stick (and Eastlake Stick ), Shingle , Richardsonian Romanesque , and others.
The layout of a typical two-up two-down terraced house, including a yard and outside toilet. Terraced houses, as defined by various bylaws established in the 19th century, particularly the Public Health Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55), are distinguished by properties connecting directly to each other in a row, sharing a party wall.
Back-to-backs are a form of terraced houses in the United Kingdom, built from the late 18th century through to the early 20th century in various forms. Many thousands of these dwellings were built during the Industrial Revolution for the rapidly increasing population of expanding factory towns .
Rows of terraced houses in Middle Park, Melbourne Terraced housing in Glebe, Sydney Cypress Terrace, East Melbourne, an example of well-preserved terraces. In Australia, the term "terrace house" refers almost exclusively to Victorian and Edwardian era terraces or replicas almost always found in the older, inner city areas of the major cities ...
Two-up two-down terraced housing in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Two-up two-down is a type of small house with two rooms on the ground floor and two bedrooms upstairs. [1] [2] [3] There are many types of terraced houses in the United Kingdom, and these are among the most modest.
In the Victorian era, as terrace houses became a popular housing choice, South Australia's population had a distinct composition: it was a migrant society, with over two-thirds of the population born overseas, and a diverse one at that; for instance, almost 10 per cent of the colony were born in Germany. [98]
The sunken terrace of Jenni Kayne’s New Zealand retreat features landscape design by Suzanne Turley and is the perfect perch for considering the adjacent garden. Squared-off sofas create a ...
The terrace was extended to the rear by an annexe, a typical feature for Victorian terraces, containing a scullery. As was typical for their time, each flat has a small enclosed yard at the rear with an outside toilet or 'netty' . [4] Sometimes the yard was shared. For the upstairs flat, rear access would be by an open or enclosed brick staircase.