Houses in England

A Detached House 

A detached house is not joined to any other. 

 

A Semi-Detached House 

A semi detached house is a  house which is joined to another house on one side.

The house below was built one hundred years ago when Queen Victoria was on the throne. It is a Victorian semi-detached house.

A Semi Detached House

A semi detached house is a  house which is joined to another house on one side.  

Terrace Houses 

A terrace house is a house which is part of a line of houses. It is a  house which is joined to other houses on two sides. The house at each end is called an 'end terrace' house.

A Tudor Detached House 

This house is a detached house because it not attached to any other house.

It was built during the Tudor times about 400 years ago. 

A Bungalow

A bungalow is a house which is only on one floor, no stairs. It may be joined to another bungalow or might stand alone.

The bungalow pictured below is made from white wooden planks. It is called a weatherboarded bungalow.

Oast House

Many people in England live in buildings which were once built for something else other than a home. Oast Houses were not originally a building where people lived. They were part of farm buildings and were where hops (a plant from which beer is made) were layed out and dried. 

A Block of Flats

A flat is part of a bigger building where all the flats share a front door. Only cities and very big towns have flats like the one you can see below.