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72-506: As of the 2000 census, the district had a population of 24,567. Seminole Heights is known for its historic craftsman style bungalows from the early 20th century. Many buildings in the neighborhood existed in the early 1900s, including the Seminole Heights Methodist Church , Seminole Heights Elementary School, Broward Elementary, Hillsborough High School , and St. Paul Lutheran Church . The Seminole Heights Garden Center,

144-572: A sauna . There are 474,277 cottages in Finland (2005), a country with 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands, including rental holiday cottages owned by hospitality companies but excluding holiday villages and buildings on garden allotments. Reports have 4,172 new cottages built in 2005. Most cottages are situated in the municipalities of Kuusamo (6,196 cottages on 1 January 2006), Kuopio (5,194), Ekenäs (Tammisaari – 5,053), Mikkeli (4,649), and Mäntyharju (4,630). The formal Swedish term for cottages

216-406: A "local naturalist" sent a picture of a two headed alligator to a local newspaper, which ran the image as its cover story. The alligator was allegedly captured by local trappers and taxidermied for display at Ella's Folkart Cafe. The authenticity of the creature has often come under question. Since the story in 2014, it has been the subject of art murals, flags, tee-shirts and other ephemera related to

288-528: A cottage, particularly a summer cottage, to be a relatively small, possibly unfinished house. Various editions of the quintessentially American Webster's Dictionary define it as "a small house; any modest country or suburban dwelling," (fifth edition) with the eleventh edition describing even a vacation cottage as "a usu. small house for vacation use." In North America, most buildings known as cottages are used for weekend or summer getaways by city dwellers. Cottage owners often rent their properties to tourists as

360-416: A cottager was a farm labourer with land, and after an inclosure act the cottager was a farm labourer without land. In the law of England and Wales the definition of a cottage is "a small house or habitation without land". However, originally under an Elizabethan statute , the cottage had to be built with at least 4 acres (0.02 km ; 0.01 sq mi) of land. The Welsh Tŷ unnos or "house in

432-544: A fireplace. Today, many cottages have been extended with "outdoor rooms" (semi-heated external rooms with glass walls and a thin roof) and large wood terraces. As a result of the friggebod reform in 1979, many cottage owners have built additional guesthouses on their lots. The formal Norwegian term for cottages is hytte or fritidsbolig (vacation house). In Norway, cabins are often built near leisure activities such as hunting, fishing, and outdoor life / outdoor sports, or in areas with particularly beautiful nature, such as in

504-627: A full basement. With more than 80,000 bungalows, the style represents nearly one-third of Chicago's single-family housing stock. One primary difference between the Chicago bungalow and other types is that the gables are parallel to the street, rather than perpendicular. Like many other local houses, Chicago bungalows are relatively narrow, being an average of 20 feet (6.1 m) wide on a standard 24-foot (7.3 m) or 25-foot (7.6 m) wide city lot. Their veranda (porch) may either be open or partially enclosed (if enclosed, it may further be used to extend

576-571: A half storeys, strategically planted trees and shrubs are usually sufficient to block the view of neighbours. With two-storey houses, the extra height requires much taller trees to accomplish the same, and it may not be practical to place such tall trees close to the building to obscure the view from the second floor of the next-door neighbour. Bungalows provide cost-effective residences. On the other hand, even closely spaced bungalows make for quite low-density neighbourhoods, contributing to urban sprawl . In Australia, bungalows have broad verandas to shade

648-566: A larger property, is a particular type of cottage and is called a penty . The term cottage has also been used for a larger house that is practical rather than pretentious: see Chawton Cottage . Although the Oxford English Dictionary states that the term cottage is used in North America to represent "a summer residence (often on a large and sumptuous scale) at a watering-place or a health or pleasure resort," most Americans expect

720-598: A lot depending on location; a modern seaside house near Stockholm may cost 100 times as much as a simple cottage in the inner regions of northern Sweden. Until the end of World War II, only a small wealthy Swedish elite could afford vacation houses—often both a large seaside house and a hunting cabin up north. During the rapid urbanisation in the 1950s and 1960s, many families were able to retain their old farmhouses, village cottages, and fisherman cabins and convert them into vacation houses. In addition, economic growth made it possible even for low-income families to buy small lots in

792-742: A neighborhood park, is used for community events such as art festivals and picnics. Seminole Heights has the longest stretch of Riverfront parkland in the city of Tampa. Rivercrest, Epps, and several pocket parks provide access to the Hillsborough River . In recent years Seminole Heights has experienced rising property values and a decrease in crime. The area is popular among young professionals and their families who are seeking an alternative to master planned communities. The area contains two designated historical districts including Seminole Heights (local and national designation) and Hampton Terrace (national designation). In 2003, Southeast Seminole Heights

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864-443: A night", was built by squatters on a plot of land defined by the throw of an axe from each corner of the property. In Welsh a cottage is known as bwthyn and its inhabitant preswlydd . In Scotland the equivalent to cottager would be the crofter and the term for the building and its land would be croft . Irish cottages, known as Irish : teachín , were historically the homes of farmworkers and labourers, but in recent years

936-456: A similar Arts and Crafts style to those of Chicago, but usually with the gable perpendicular to the street. Also, many Milwaukee bungalows have white stucco on the lower portion of the exterior. The overwater bungalow is a form of, mainly high end, tourist accommodation inspired by the traditional stilt houses of South Asia and the Pacific. The first overwater bungalows were constructed on

1008-512: A source of revenue. In Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands , most cottages are vacation rentals used for weekend or summer getaways. In Michigan, a cottage normally means a summer residence farther north near or on a lake. An example of a colonial era cottage in North America is a small fieldstone house called Boelson Cottage in Fairmount Park , Philadelphia —one of the oldest extant houses within

1080-486: A third of the stations built in the United States in those years, cottage-patterned facilities evoked a picturesque homeyness and were easier to gain approval for than the more stylized or attention-grabbing designs also commonly used at the dawn of the automobile era. In Australia, the term "cabin" or "shack" is commonly used for a small dwelling, the former more often for a place of residence or tourist accommodation and

1152-507: Is fritidshus (vacation house) or stuga , of which there are 680.000 in Sweden (2007). According to Statistics Sweden, about 50% of the Swedish population has access to a vacation house. In everyday talk, Swedes refer to their cottages as lantstället (the country house) or stugan (the cottage). Most vacation houses in Sweden are to be found along the coasts and around the major cities. Prices vary

1224-492: Is $ 47,817. The median age is 37. The area is projected to grow 5.89% during 2009–2014. 47% of the population has some college level education or higher. Seventy percent 70% of the homes are owner occupied. (Source:SiteReports.com) Seminole Heights consists of three distinct neighborhoods: source for population figures: The Planning Commission Schools within Seminole Heights include: Bungalows A bungalow

1296-461: Is a small house or cottage that is single- storey , sometimes with a smaller upper storey set in the roof and windows that come out from the roof, and may be surrounded by wide verandas . The first house in England that was classified as a bungalow was built in 1869. In the United States, it was initially used as a vacation architecture, and was most popular between 1900 and 1918, especially with

1368-598: Is also used in British English for where the area enclosed within pitched roof contains rooms, even if this comprises a large part of the living area and is fully integrated into the fabric of the property. True bungalows do not use the attic. Because the attic is not used, the roof pitch can be quite shallow, constrained only by snow load considerations. The majority of Chicago bungalows were built between 1910 and 1940. They were typically constructed of brick (some including decorative accents), with one-and-a-half stories and

1440-400: Is an architectural heritage area. In Bandra , a suburb of India's commercial capital Mumbai , numerous colonial-era bungalows exist; they are threatened by removal and replacement of ongoing development. In a distinctly utilitarian usage, the dak bungalow was formerly used by circuit riding British jurists (and other officials such as the mailman ), as well as quotidian private citizens,

1512-446: Is built on a trailer platform and can be relocated. Statistics Finland defines a cottage ( Finnish : mökki , Finland Swedish : stuga or villa ) as "a residential building that is used as a holiday or free-time dwelling and is permanently constructed or erected on its site". Finnish cottages are traditionally built of logs but other wood constructions have become common. They are usually situated close to water and almost all have

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1584-502: Is legitimate to talk about the appearance of the term "Russian cottage" – a house, comparable in size to a British villa or even a mansion, and includes a corresponding piece of land. Much like in the rest of the world, cottages in South Africa housed agricultural workers and their friends and families. A number of cottages were also constructed for fishermen along the West and South Coasts of

1656-572: Is most notable in the Midwest and the Western United States, and Western Canada. In much of Northern Ontario , New England , and upstate New York , a summer house near a body of water is known as a camp. In the 1960s and 1970s, the A-Frame house became a popular cottage style in North America. In the 1920s and 30s many gas stations were built in the style of Old World cottages. Comprising about

1728-735: Is one of the most popular tourist draws in Ontario , Canada, parts of which have come to be known as cottage country . This term typically refers to the north and south shores of Georgian Bay, Ontario ; Muskoka, Ontario ; Haliburton, Ontario ; and the Kawartha Lakes, Ontario ; but has also been used to describe several other Canadian regions. The practice of renting cottages has become widespread in these regions, especially with rising property taxes for waterfront property. What Eastern Canadians refer to as "cottages" (seasonal-use dwellings), are generally referred to as "cabins" in most of North America. This

1800-835: Is theoretically possible. For bungalows with brick walls , the windows are often positioned high, and are close to the roof. This architectural technique avoids the need for special arches or lintels to support the brick wall above the windows. However, in two-storey houses, there is no choice but to continue the brick wall above the window. From 1891 the Federation Bungalow style swept across Australia, first in Camberwell, Victoria , and through Sydney's northern suburbs after 1895. The developer Richard Stanton built in Federation Bungalow style first in Haberfield, New South Wales ,

1872-561: Is used. Although stylistically related to others, the special characteristic of the Airplane Bungalow was its single room on a second storey, surrounded by windows, designed as a sleeping room in summer weather with all-around access to breezes. This variant developed in California in the 1910s, had appeared in El Paso, Texas , by April 1916, and became most prevalent in the western half of

1944-647: The Arts and Crafts movement . The term bungalow is derived from the word bangla and used elliptically to mean "a house in the Bengal style". Bungalows are very convenient for the homeowner in that all living areas are on a single storey and there are no stairs between living areas. A bungalow is well suited to persons with impaired mobility, such as the elderly or those using wheelchairs . Neighbourhoods of only bungalows offer more privacy than similar neighbourhoods with two-storey houses. As bungalows are one or one and

2016-501: The French Polynesian island of Ra’iātea in 1967 by three American hotel owners, Jay Carlisle, Donald McCallum and Hugh Kelley. They had wanted to attract tourists to Ra’iātea , and to their hotel, but the island had no real beaches and so to overcome this handicap they decided to build hotel rooms directly on the water using large wooden poles. These structures they called overwater bungalows and they were an immediate success. By

2088-492: The Australian states and New Zealand. In South Australia , the suburb of Colonel Light Gardens contains many well-preserved bungalow developments. In rural Bangladesh , the concept is often called Bangla ghar ("Bengali-style house") and remains popular. The main construction material is corrugated steel sheets or red clay tiles, while past generations used wood, bamboo, and khar straw. In houses that used straw as roof, it

2160-500: The Caribbean . The first overwater bungalow resort in Mexico opened in 2016. Their proliferation would have been much greater but for the fact that overwater bungalows need certain conditions to be structurally viable, i.e. that the water surrounding them be consistently very calm. Ideally the type of water that can be found in the lagoons and atolls of The Maldives or Bora Bora or, at

2232-509: The Catskills, and are occupied today chiefly by Hasidic Jews . The California bungalow was a widely popular 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -storey variation on the bungalow in the United States from 1910 to 1925. It was also widely popular in Australia within the period 1910–1940. A chalet bungalow is a bungalow with a second-storey loft . The loft may be extra space over the garage. It is often space to

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2304-601: The Mutual Development Company owned by Milton and Giddings Mabry and the Dekle Investment Company owned by Lee and James Dekle surveyed and platted land adjacent to Seminole Heights forming the Suwanee Heights subdivision. Bounded by Henry Avenue, Hillsborough Avenue, Central Avenue and Florida Avenue, Suwanee Heights was also a restricted subdivision. Like the original Seminole Heights, houses required

2376-548: The U.S., and southwestern and western Canada. The American Craftsman bungalow typified the styles of the American Arts and Crafts movement , with common features usually including low-pitched roof lines on a gabled or hipped roof, deeply overhanging eaves, exposed rafters or decorative brackets under the eaves, and a front porch or veranda beneath an extension of the main roof. Sears Company and The Aladdin Company were two of

2448-404: The advantages of raising the bungalow are much less. A ranch bungalow is a bungalow organized so that bedrooms are on one side and "public" areas (kitchen, living/dining/family rooms) are on the other side. If there is an attached garage, the garage is on the public side of the building so that a direct entrance is possible, when this is allowed by legislation. On narrower lots, public areas are at

2520-515: The approaches to any city repulsive". Many villages and seaside resorts have large estates of 1960s bungalows, usually occupied by retired people. The typical 1930s bungalow is square in plan, with those of the 1960s more likely to be oblong. It is rare for the term "bungalow" to be used in British English to denote a dwelling having other than a single storey, or one adapted from a single storey building, in which case "chalet bungalow", (see below)

2592-653: The area had the Seminole Heights serial killer . The Greater Seminole Heights District covers a larger area. The west and north boundaries extend to the Hillsborough River; the east boundary extends to 22nd St; and the south boundary extends to Hillsborough Avenue, and further to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd on the west side of 15th St. The greater Seminole Heights area has a resident population 23,141 living in 9,433 households as of 2009. The median household income

2664-419: The cheapest locally available materials and in the local style, thus in wheat-growing areas, it would be roofed in thatch, and in slate-rich locations, such as Cornwall, slates would be used for roofing. In stone-rich areas, its walls would be built of rubble stone, and in other areas, such as Devon, was commonly built from cob . In England from about the 18th century onwards, the development of industry led to

2736-553: The city (c.1678–84). In the jargon of English-speaking Quebec 's real-estate industry, a cottage is any two-storey house, as opposed to a bungalow . However, "cottages" in Eastern Canada are generally located next to lakes, rivers, or the ocean in forested areas. They are used as a place to spend holidays with friends and family; common activities include swimming, canoeing, waterskiing, fishing, hiking , and sailing . There are also many well-known summer colonies . Cottage living

2808-546: The cottage bore the Latin name: " domus ", while the barn of the cottage was termed " grangia ". The word originally referred to a humble rural detached dwelling of a cotter , a semi-independent resident of a manor who had certain residential rights from the lord of the manor , and who in the social hierarchy was a grade above the slave (mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086), who had no right of tenure and worked full-time to

2880-409: The countryside where they could erect simple houses. Former vacation houses near the large cities have gradually been converted into permanent homes as a result of urban sprawl . The traditional Swedish cottage is a simple paneled house made of wood and painted in red . They may contain 1–3 small bedrooms and also a small bathroom. In the combined kitchen and living room ( storstuga ) there is usually

2952-474: The development of weavers ' cottages and miners ' cottages. Friedrich Engels cites 'Cottages' as a poor quality dwelling in his 1845 work The Condition of the Working Class in England . Over the years various English acts of Parliament removed the right of the cottager to hold land. According to John Lawrence Hammond and Barbara Hammond in their book The Village Labourer , before an inclosure act

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3024-548: The early 19th century until the end of World War II." They were built by the British to house their "military officers, High Court judges and other members of the colonial society's great and good." At present, there is still a high demand for colonial-era bungalows in Singapore and Malaysia . Most of the units are used as residences. Over the years, some have been transformed into offices, hotels, galleries, spas and restaurants. In

3096-549: The first Garden Suburb (1901), and then in Rosebery, New South Wales (1912). Beecroft, Hornsby and Lindfield contain many examples of Federation Bungalows built between 1895 and 1920. From about 1908 to the 1930s, the California bungalow style was very popular in Australia with a rise of interest in single-family homes and planned urban communities. The style first saw widespread use in the suburbs of Sydney. It then spread throughout

3168-514: The first floor and the basement. Thus, it further has the advantage of creating a foyer with a very high ceiling without the expense of raising the roof or creating a skylight. Raised bungalows often have the garage in the basement. Because the basement is not that deep, and the ground must slope downward away from the building, the slope of the driveway is quite shallow. This avoids the disadvantage of steep driveways found in most other basement garages. Bungalows without basements can still be raised, but

3240-512: The front of the building and such an organization is typically not called a "ranch bungalow". Such buildings are often smaller and have only two bedrooms in the back as required. The term ultimate bungalow is commonly used to describe a very large and detailed Craftsman -style house in the United States. The design is usually associated with such California architects as Greene and Greene , Bernard Maybeck , and Julia Morgan . Cottage A cottage , during England's feudal period ,

3312-427: The interior from intense sun. But as a result they are often excessively dark inside, requiring artificial light even in daytime. On a per unit of area basis (whether square metre or square foot), bungalows are more expensive to construct than two-storey houses, because the same foundation and roof is required for a smaller living area. Although the "footprint" of a bungalow is often a simple rectangle, any foundation

3384-502: The interior rooms). There are numerous examples of Arts and Crafts bungalows built from 1910 to 1925 in the metro-Detroit area, including Royal Oak , Pleasant Ridge , Hazel Park , Highland Park and Ferndale . Keeping in line with the principles of the Arts and Crafts movement , the bungalows were constructed using local building materials. A large fraction of the older residential buildings in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , are bungalows in

3456-408: The latter for a simple recreational shelter, typically not continuously occupied. The term cottage usually refers to historic smaller residential buildings, commonly stone or brick, typically from Georgian or Victorian. More recently, cabins are often also referred to tiny houses , however, cabins are built at a permanent site on proper footings, while the term tiny house often implies that the dwelling

3528-650: The manufacturing companies that produced pre-fab kits and sold them from catalogues for construction on sites during the turn of the 20th century. A special use of the term bungalow developed in the greater New York City area, between the 1930s and 1970s, to denote a cluster of small rental summer homes, usually in the Catskill Mountains in the area known as the Borscht Belt . First- and second-generation Jewish-American families were especially likely to rent such houses. The old bungalow colonies continue to exist in

3600-527: The most substantial of which have been converted into local governmental buildings and the like. The vast majority, however, were the most sparse of lodgings. The bungalow is the most common type of house built in the Irish countryside. During the Celtic Tiger years of the late 20th century, single-storey bungalows declined as a type of new construction, and residents built more two-storey or dormer bungalows. There

3672-497: The neighborhood. In 2016, the creature made news again when the community art project, Urban Art Attack, funded the building of a two headed alligator statue on Nebraska Ave. Seminole Heights was born in 1911. T. Roy Young had 40 acres (160,000 m) to develop Tampa's first suburb three miles (5 km) north of downtown. He called it Seminole Heights. Ten years earlier Tampa's population had reached 26,000. A trolley line connected Sulphur Springs to downtown, making travel to

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3744-550: The nobility, dates back to a movement of "rustic" stylised cottages of the late 18th and early 19th century during the Romantic movement. In British English the term now denotes a small, cosy dwelling of traditional build, although it can also be applied to modern construction designed to resemble traditional houses (" mock cottages"). Cottages may be detached houses, or terraced , such as those built to house workers in mining villages. The tied accommodation provided to farm workers

3816-530: The orders of the lord. In the Domesday Book, they were referred to as Coterelli . The cottage had a small amount of surrounding agricultural land, perhaps 2 or three acres, from which the resident gained his livelihood and sustenance. It was defined by its function of housing a cotter, rather than by its form, which varied, but it was certainly small and cheaply built and purely functional, with no non-essential architectural flourishes. It would have been built from

3888-541: The post-colonial period, the term bungalow has been adapted and used to refer to any stand-alone residence, regardless of size, architectural style, or era in which it was built. Calling a house a bungalow often carries with it connotations of the price and status of the residence, and thus the wealth of its owner. Local real estate lingo commonly includes the word "bungalow" when referring to residences that are more normally described as "detached", "single-family homes", or even "mansions" in other countries. The pervasiveness of

3960-462: The same east–west orientation but started at $ 1,400. During the "Florida Bloom" years (roughly 1919–1929), more development came to areas north and east of the original subdivisions. Of course, with this development came the merchants seeing an opportunity to provide welcome goods and services to the residents. Some of those early businesses have faded away. However, many current Seminole Heights businesses have been open for more than 50 years. In 2017

4032-528: The seventies tourism to French Polynesia and the Pacific Islands in general was booming and overwater bungalows, sometimes by then called water villas, became synonymous with the region, particularly for honeymoons and romantic getaways. Soon this new tradition spread to many other parts of Asia, the Maldives being the best example, and other parts of the world including, in the last twenty years, many parts of

4104-515: The side of a great room with a vaulted ceiling area. The building is marketed as a bungalow with loft because the main living areas of the house are on one floor. All the convenience of single-floor living still applies and the loft is not expected to be accessed on a daily basis. Some have extra bedrooms in the loft or attic area. Such buildings are really one-and-a-half storeys and not bungalows, and are referred to in British English as "chalet bungalows" or as "dormer bungalows". "Chalet bungalow"

4176-439: The suburbs possible and inviting. The streetcar made it possible to live in one area of town and work in another. Young recognized this potential. His Seminole Development Corporation property encompassed a rectangle bordered by Hillsborough Avenue, Central Avenue, Wilder Avenue and Florida Avenue. The houses built here were mostly bungalow, oriented east-to-west and started at $ 5,000. Other developments quickly followed. By 1912,

4248-476: The term bungalow or villa refers to any single-family unit, as opposed to an apartment building , which is the norm for Indian middle-class city living. The normal custom for an Indian bungalow is one storey, but as time progressed many families built larger two-storey houses to accommodate humans and pets. The area with bungalows built in the 1920s–1930s in New Delhi is now known as Lutyens' Bungalow Zone and

4320-1200: The term "cabin" is common, cottage usually referring to a smaller pre-modern period dwelling. In certain countries (e.g. Nordics , Baltics , and Russia) the term "cottage" has local synonyms: In Finnish mökki , in Estonian suvila , in Latvian vasarnīca , in Livonian sõvvõkuodā , in Swedish stuga , in Norwegian hytte (from the German word Hütte ), in Czech or Slovak chata or chalupa , in Russian дача ( dacha ). In places such as Canada, "cottage" carries no connotations of size (compare with vicarage or hermitage ). The word cottage ( Medieval Latin cotagium ) derives from Old English cot, cote "hut" and Old French cot "hut, cottage", from Old Norse kot "hut" and related to Middle Low German kotten (cottage, hut). Examples of this may be found in 15th century manor court rolls . The house of

4392-438: The term has assumed a romantic connotation especially when referring to cottages with thatched roofs ( Irish : teach ceann tuí ). These thatched cottages were once to be seen all over Ireland, but most have become dilapidated due to newer and modern developments. However, there has been a recent revival of restoring these old cottages, with people wanting a more traditional home. Today, thatched cottages are now mostly built for

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4464-834: The tourist industry and many can be let out as accommodation. In popular modern culture, the term cottage is used in a more general and romantic context and can date from any era but the term is usually applied to pre-modern dwellings. Older, pre-Victorian cottages tend to have restricted height, and often have construction timber exposed, sometimes intruding into the living space. Modern renovations of such dwellings often seek to re-expose timber purlins, rafters, posts, etc. which have been covered, in an attempt to establish perceived historical authenticity. Older cottages are typically modest, often semi-detached or terraced, with only four basic rooms ("two up, two down"), although subsequent modifications can create more spacious accommodation. A labourer's or fisherman's one-roomed house, often attached to

4536-401: The very least, that of an extremely sheltered bay . Therefore, despite their popularity, they still remain something of a touristic novelty. A raised bungalow is one in which the basement is partially above ground. The benefit is that more light can enter the basement with above ground windows in the basement. A raised bungalow typically has a foyer at ground level that is halfway between

4608-524: The woods, in the mountains, or by the sea. In the most attractive areas, it has become increasingly common with regulated fields where the cabins are very close together, in so-called "cabin villages". Chained cabins and holiday apartments are also being built here, similar to a normal city. The first known "cottages" were built in Russia in the 19th century, when British culture was popular. Today many large cities in Russia are surrounded by cottage villages. So it

4680-520: The word in the local jargon has resulted in bungalow being imported into the Malay language as the word banglo with the same meaning. In South Africa, the term bungalow refers to a single storey, detached house. It may be implied that it is a temporary residence, such as a holiday home or student housing. The first two bungalows in England were built in Westgate-on-Sea in 1869 or 1870. A bungalow

4752-467: Was a prefabricated single-storey building used as a seaside holiday home. Manufacturers included Boulton & Paul Ltd , who made corrugated iron bungalows as advertised in their 1889 catalogue, which were erected by their men on the purchaser's light brickwork foundation. Examples include Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum , and Castle Bungalow at Peppercombe , North Devon, owned by the Landmark Trust ; it

4824-458: Was a trend in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland of people moving into rural areas and buying their own plots of land. Often these plots were large, so a one-storey bungalow was quite practical, particularly for retirees. In Singapore and Malaysia , the term bungalow is sometimes used to refer to a house that was built during the colonial era. The structures were constructed "from

4896-562: Was built by Boulton and Paul in the 1920s. Construction of this type of bungalow peaked towards the end of the decade, to be replaced by brick construction. Bungalows became popular in the United Kingdom between the two World Wars and very large numbers were built, particularly in coastal resorts, giving rise to the pejorative adjective, "bungaloid", first found in the Daily Express from 1927: "Hideous allotments and bungaloid growth make

4968-475: Was named Best Neighborhood in America by Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA). In July 2009, This Old House magazine ranked Seminole Heights among the best places to buy an old house for: families, green thumbs , cottages and bungalows, single women homebuyers, porch sitters, walkers, and the south. Overall, Seminole Heights was in the top eight of editors picks. In 2014, Seminole Heights made international headlines when

5040-509: Was the holding by a cottager (known as a cotter or bordar ) of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager had to provide some form of service to the manorial lord . However, in time cottage just became the general term for a small house. In modern usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often cosy dwelling , typically in a rural or semi-rural location and not necessarily in England. The cottage orné , often quite large and grand residences built by

5112-578: Was used for keeping the house cooler during hot summer days. The dak bungalows formerly used by the British mail services during the British Raj period in Bengal . Canada uses the definition of a bungalow to mean a single-family dwelling that is one storey high. In Germany a bungalow refers to a single-storey house with a flat roof. This building style was most popular during the 1960s. The two criteria are mentioned in contemporary literature e.g. Landhaus und Bungalow by Klara Trost (1961). In India,

5184-437: Was usually a cottage, see cottage garden . In England the term holiday cottage now denotes a specialised form of residential let property, attracting various tax benefits to the owner. The holiday cottage exists in many cultures under different names. In Canadian English and American English , "cottage" is one term for such holiday homes, although they may also be called a "cabin", " chalet ", or even "camp". In Australia,

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