The British Style

Those houses are so pretty.

 

Well, let's put it this way:
I like that kind of architectural style that consist of terraced houses that have the following features:
1. quite often, a sort of gap from one to two yards wide between the pavement and the house-wall face (the "facade"). This gap is a "ditch" one floor below ground deep and is a sort of "hidden front yard" (a narrow one). A sort of "bridge", often consisting in a lofty stair with 2, 3 or more steps, "over-cross" this "ditch" and leads to the main entrance (a lofty one, as well). WHAT'S THE NAME FOR THIS "DITCH" ??? :cnfs: :cnfs: :cnfs:
2. There are "bay windows".
3. Sometimes there are colums (expecially aside the main entrance) or other neoclassic features.
4. The predominant colour, along with the bricks colour (when they are in sight) is WHITE.

That's what I like. Be it georgian, victorian, edwardian, regency or what have you... :wink:
But, Sussexgardener, as you said some posts ago, I guess it is "late victorian"...

Bye !

 

Or Edwardian:gnthb:

 

Or Edwardian...
Another example of this "merging-up georgian-victorian-edwardian terraced houses style": :p



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"LOVELY", as you say in Britain...

 

Maxim, you are a bit of a poet. I think the 'ditch' you refer to is what we would call the 'basement', which has a little open courtyard in front of it. Sometimes there are stairs down to the basement as well stairs up to the ground floor. On grander houses, it was the 'trade' entrance - workmen and servants were not expected to use the front door. In some places coal was stored at basement level under the pavement.