By 1880, this had led some owners into financial shortfalls as they tried to balance maintenance of … Yet all I see is newly built detached townhouses in a countryside. I had to hunchback my way through the holiday. English House Names : Find out about the different type of houses we have in England.

"I've always wondered why you have two taps completely separated from each other in the same sink," asked Claudio Marongiu, 28, from Italy. Photos of different types of houses. A lot of people live in flats. I'm 6,2 and the doorway was tiny, as well as the ceiling level in the main quarters of the cottage.

The colours of the stones and bricks vary across the country. House naming started many years ago with rich people naming their homes.

Why were 16th century British doorways, beds and ceiling height so small? Most houses in England are made of stone or brick from the local area where the houses are built. London and the south east, yes I understand why they are small just to due to limited space in a highly populated area. Why do we give our houses names? British life and culture - England, Scotland and Wales . They always were.

Why are there separate taps for hot and cold water? The slow decline of the English country house coincided with the rise not just of taxation, but also of modern industry, along with the agricultural depression of the 1870s. In a tiny house, temperature control can be tricky and if not done right, you can get mold – fast. Heat rises, so lofts are often the hottest spot in any tiny house, and that's why you'll find fans, windows, and other cooling systems in them. In places like London, land is very scarce , so very expensive. The colours of the stones and bricks vary across the country. In places where there IS more space, building land is still very expensive due to planning laws, so you still get little houses built close together.

“Had we but world enough..” most of us would like to live in British houses like this: Unfortunately there aren’t many Georgian manors to go round, so they are incredibly expensive. I was luckily enough to visit the Uk for a week on Holiday and got to stay in a semi-restored cottage built in the late 16th century.

However the further north you go into northern England and Scotland, there’s way more space to build bigger homes like there Australian and American counterparts. Small houses are hardly affordable even on a very good salary.