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Housing in the United Kingdom represents the largest non-financial asset class in the UK; its overall net value passed the £5 trillion mark in 2014. [1] Housing includes modern and traditional styles. About 30% of homes are owned outright by their occupants, and a further 40% are owner-occupied on a mortgage.
Single pen, single cell, or Hall house: a one-room house [2] Wealden hall house: a type of vernacular medieval timber-framed yeoman 's hall house traditional in the south east of England. Double pen or double cell: a two-room house [3] Saddlebag: a two-room house with a central chimney and one or two front doors [4]
There are two basic designs: semi-detached houses with a single storey utility extension and semi-detached dormer bungalows. A pair of the bungalows at Auckley near Doncaster (Grid Ref: SE651012) have been listed by Historic England (their ref: 1392257).
Single-family detached home. A single-family home in Denmark. A single-family detached home, also called a single-detached dwelling, single-family residence (SFR) or separate house is a free-standing residential building. It is defined in opposition to a multi-family residential dwelling.
Bungalow. A bungalow house in Houston, Texas. A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is single- storey, [1] sometimes with a smaller upper storey set in the roof and windows that come out from the roof, [2] and may be surrounded by wide verandas. [1][3] The first house in England that was classified as a bungalow was built in 1869. [1]
1950s council built semi-detached PRC houses in Seacroft, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Semi-detached houses are the most common property type in the United Kingdom (UK). They accounted for 32% of UK housing transactions and 32% of the English housing stock in 2008. [1] Between 1945 and 1964, 41% of all properties built were semis.
The county had two exclaves after 1844 (pre-1844 total 2, legal 2; post-1844 total 2, legal 2): Swineshead (1). The parish of Swineshead was an exclave of the county surrounded by Bedfordshire, 1,278 acres (517 hectares). [83] In 1896, the parish was transferred to Bedfordshire in exchange for the parish of Tilbrook.
Examples of cities in the United Kingdom; Liverpool, Edinburgh, Worcester; and London. This is a list of cities in the United Kingdom that are officially designated as such as of 12 November 2022 [update]. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter. [ 3 ][ 4 ] There are currently 76 ...