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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 fine example of a Victorian Free Classical terrace is Drummond Terrace (1890–91), Carlton, designed by Walter Scott Law, whose facade is dominated by a three tiered colonnaded arcade. [ 156 ] Often, terraces built in the Victorian Classical style directly alluded to the grand rows of Neoclassical terraces of Georgian era England.
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 Royal Crescent is a row of 30 terraced houses laid out in a sweeping crescent in the city of Bath, England.Designed by the architect John Wood, the Younger, and built between 1767 and 1774, it is among the greatest examples of Georgian architecture to be found in the United Kingdom and is a Grade I listed building.
View Terrace is a restrained Victorian Italianate style terrace of two houses built in 1893 of stuccoed brick. It has keystones, mouldings and label stops to each depressed arch opening above the windows and doorways. Half fluted pilasters divide the façade and define the recessed first floor balustraded balcony.
Carlton House Terrace is a street in the St James's district of the City of Westminster in London. Its principal architectural feature is a pair of terraces , the Western and Eastern terraces, of white stucco -faced houses on the south side of the street, which overlook The Mall and St. James's Park .
A terraced wall, also a terrace wall, or a terraced retaining wall is a wall that is divided into sections over a slope. Such designs are useful when building on a steep grade. Terraced walls may be built with many different materials. Some craters have terraced walls, which includes complex craters. [1] [2]
Casa Bonaventura Ferrer rear facade 41°23′47.94″N 2°9′29.1″E / 41.3966500°N 2.158083°E / 41.3966500; 2.158083 Casa Bonaventura Ferrer is a building located at number 113 of Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain, and rear facade at number 6 in the Riera de Sant Miquel