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    England has several types of houses based on their construction and location. The most popular types are semi-detached houses, followed by detached and terraced houses. Flats are most common in large cities like London. Houses vary in materials based on the local area but are mostly made of stone or brick. Tudor houses and English country cottages are also historically significant house types known for decorative half-timbering, steep roofs, and large chimneys. Many country houses today have been converted to other uses like hotels or museums as traditional country house lifestyles declined in the early 20th century.

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    England has several types of houses based on their construction and location. The most popular types are semi-detached houses, followed by detached and terraced houses. Flats are most common in large cities like London. Houses vary in materials based on the local area but are mostly made of stone or brick. Tudor houses and English country cottages are also historically significant house types known for decorative half-timbering, steep roofs, and large chimneys. Many country houses today have been converted to other uses like hotels or museums as traditional country house lifestyles declined in the early 20th century.

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    England has several types of houses based on their construction and location. The most popular types are semi-detached houses, followed by detached and terraced houses. Flats are most common in large cities like London. Houses vary in materials based on the local area but are mostly made of stone or brick. Tudor houses and English country cottages are also historically significant house types known for decorative half-timbering, steep roofs, and large chimneys. Many country houses today have been converted to other uses like hotels or museums as traditional country house lifestyles declined in the early 20th century.

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    HOUSES IN ENGLAND Along the time, English architecture did not follow a rigid pattern of design.

    This special kind of architecture has had a wide range of periods and styles of construction. As a consequence, there is an attempt to organize themes and philosophies of building styles in a rough chronological order, realising that many periods overlapped each other and many styles have been in use in the same region or even in the same building at the same time.

    According to this organization the main types of houses in England are:


    Detached: a house not joined to another house. Semi-detached: two houses joined together. Terrace: several houses joined together. Flats: apartments.

    Houses come in all shapes and sizes and vary from one part of the country to the next. In England, there are houses which are more than 500 years old as well as the sort of new houses. T y p e s o f ho u s e s i n E n g l a n d England has many types of homes. In the large cities, people often live in apartments, which are called flats. In most towns, there are streets of houses joined together in long rows, and they are called terraced houses. The most popular type of home in England is semi-detached (more than 27% of all homes), closely followed by detached then terraced. Almost half of London's households are flats, duplexes or apartments. This is because most people in

    England live in urban areas. Towns and cities are spreading into their surrounding environment to cope with the increase populations. In England, an average of 7000 hectares of farmland, countryside and green space were converted to urban use every year between 1985 And 1998. This is almost the equivalent size of 9600 international football pitches.

    W h a t a r e ho u s e s i n E n g l a n d l i k e? Most houses in England are made of stone or brick from the local area where the houses are built. The colours of the stones and bricks vary across the country.

    E n g l i s h co u n t r y co t t a g e s o r T u d o r ho u s e s . On the other hand, there is another popular type of English houses: Tudor houses. This kind of buildings has a decorative half-timbering and a chimney which give them the appearance of a medieval building. The English country cottage is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a London house. The possession of two different houses permitted them to spend time both in the country and in the city. However, some people used to live just in the country. These people were central to the nobility that ruled rural Britain until the Reform Act 1832.

    Regarding to this Medieval Revival architecture, Tudor style homes have these features:

    Decorative half-timbering. Steeply pitched roof. Prominent cross gables. Tall and narrow windows. Small window panels. Massive chimneys, often topped with decorative chimney pots.

    As for the origin of English country houses, they were built in the 1500s, during the Tudor Dynasty in England. Apart from that, according to their characteristics, they may have overlapping gables, parapets, and beautifully patterned brick or stonework. These historic details combine with Victorian or Craftsman adornments. Tudor style houses often feature striking decorative timbers. These timbers imitate but not reproduce the Medieval construction techniques. In Medieval houses, the timber framing was integral with the structure. Tudor Revival houses, however, merely suggest the structural framework with false half-timbering. This decorative woodwork comes in many different designs, with stucco or patterned brick between the timbers. Handsome examples of Tudor Revival architecture may be found throughout Great Britain, northern Europe, and the United States. The main square in Chester, England is surrounded by lavish Victorian Tudors that stand unapologetically alongside authentic medieval buildings.

    In addition, in the days of yore these houses used to work as a place of employment for many rural communities. In turn, until the agricultural depressions of 1870s, the estates, of which country houses were the hub, provided their owners with incomes. However, the late 19th and early 20th centuries were the swan song of the traditional English country house lifestyle, increased taxation and the results of World War I were to result in the demolition of thousands of houses, those that remained had to adapt to survive. Today, many country houses have become hotels, schools, hospitals, museums and prisons, while others have survived as conserved ruins, but from the early 20th century until to the early 1970s thousands of country houses were demolished. Houses that survived destruction are now mostly listed as buildings of historic interest, Grade I or II and can only be maintained under Government supervisionand only the most faithful, most accurate, and most precise restoration and re-creation is permitted. This is, however, also usually the most expensive. This system states that all work is correctly and authentically done. The negative side is that many owners cannot afford the work, so a roof remains leaking for the sake of a cheap roof tile.

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