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HOUSE *
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A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known.
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LODGE *
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A small building, often inhabited by a gatekeeper, gamekeeper or similar. Use specific type where known.
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DRIVE *
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A road/carriage way giving access from the main road to the house, stables.
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ROAD *
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A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles.
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WALK *
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A place or path for walking in a park or garden. Use more specific type where possible.
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VILLA *
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A term for a type of house, with varying definitions according to period. Roman villas were high-status and usually associated with a rural estate, whereas Georgian and later period villas were often semi-detached, town houses.
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GARDEN *
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An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known.
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LAWN *
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A flat, and usually level area of mown and cultivated grass, attached to a house.
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* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)