List of house types
This is a list of house types. Houses can be built in a large variety of configurations. A basic division is between free-standing or single-family detached homes and various types of attached or multi-family residential dwellings. Both may vary greatly in scale and the amount of accommodation provided. Hut. A Hut is a dwelling of relatively simple construction, usually one room and one story in height. The design and materials of huts vary widely around the world. Bungalow. Bungalow is a common term applied to a low one-story house with a shallow -pitched roof (in some locations, dormered varieties are referred to as 1.5-story, such as the chalet bungalow in the United Kingdom). Cottage. A Cottage is a small house, usually one story in height, although the term is sometimes applied to larger structures. Ranch. A Ranch-style house or Rambler is one-story, low to the ground, with a low-pitched roof, usually rectangular, L- or U-shaped with deep overhanging eaves Ranch styles include: I-house. An I-house is a two-story house that is one room deep with a double-pen, hall-parlor, central-hall or saddlebag  layout. Gablefront. A Gablefront house or Gablefront cottage has a gable roof that faces its street or avenue, as in the novel "The House of Seven Gables". Split-level. Split-level house is a design of house that was commonly built during the 1950s and 1960s. It has two nearly equal sections that are located on two different levels, with a short stairway in the corridor connecting them. Tower. A Tower house is a compact two or more story house, often fortified. Longhouse. A Longhouse is historical house type typically for family groups. Housebarn. A Housebarn is a combined house  and barn.