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ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| An engine house which used air pressure to power trains on the experimental atmospheric railways of the 1840s. |
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EXCLUSIVE BRETHREN MEETING HOUSE * |
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| A place of meeting and worship for Exclusive Brethren, an exclusive fundamentalist puritan sect which was created when the Brethren split in 1847. |
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JEHOVAHS WITNESSES MEETING HOUSE * |
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| A place of meeting and worship for Jehovahs Witnesses. |
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MILITARY POLICE SECTION HOUSE * |
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| A building occupied by the corps responsible for police and disciplinary duties in the armed forces. |
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STAND BY SET HOUSE (13244/41) * |
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| A stand by set house designed to drawing number 13244/41 and comprising of 4 rooms; a fuel storage room, a transformer chamber, a switchgear chamber and the main engine room with 2 diesel engines. |
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STAND BY SET HOUSE (16302/41) * |
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| A stand by set house similar to 13244/41 and designed to drawing number 16302/41 and comprising of 4 rooms; a fuel storage room, a transformer chamber, a switchgear chamber and the main engine room with 3 diesel engines. |
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FIRE TENDER HOUSE (12563/40) * |
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| A building, on an airfield, used to house a fire engine designed to Air Ministry drawing number 12563/40. |
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STAND BY SET HOUSE (1039/41) * |
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| A stand by set house built to Air Ministry drawing number 1039/41. |
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STAND BY SET HOUSE (3527/43) * |
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| A portable stand by set house built to Air Ministry drawing number 3527/43. |
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STAND BY SET HOUSE (4238/44) * |
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| A stand by set house built to Air Ministry drawing number 4238/44. |
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STAND BY SET HOUSE (8760/42) * |
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| A stand by set house built with a steel-framed pitched roof. Built to drawing number 8760/42 it was intended to supersede all earlier designs and was cheaper to produce. Both the transformer and fuel tanks were located outside the main building. |
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CORDITE INCORPORATING HOUSE * |
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| A building in which cordite paste is blended with the solvent acetone and Vaseline to form a cordite dough. |
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FIRE TENDER HOUSE (5342/42) * |
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| A building, on an airfield, used to house a fire engine designed to Air Ministry drawing number 5342/42. |
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FONTEVRAULTINE DOUBLE HOUSE * |
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| A priory of double order of Fontevrault nuns and brethren. |
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NONCONFORMIST MEETING HOUSE * |
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| A building used for services by a nonconformist protestant sect, especially by Quakers and Presbyterians. |
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OPEN BRETHREN MEETING HOUSE * |
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| A place of meeting and worship for Open Brethren, a non exclusive fundamentalist puritan sect which was created when the Brethren split in 1847. |
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ORDNANCE STOREKEEPERS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a storekeeper of naval ordnance. |
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STAND BY SET HOUSE (607/36) * |
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| An expansion period stand by set house designed to drawing number 607/36 and containing a single generator set and switch board. Constructed in reinforced concrete. |
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STAND BY SET HOUSE (974/35) * |
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| An expansion period stand by set house designed to drawing number 974/35 and containing a single generator set and switch board. Constructed with brick cavity walls. |
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SINGLE ENDED WEALDEN HOUSE * |
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| A wealden house with only one end being jettied. |
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TEXTILE CONDITIONING HOUSE * |
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| Building for testing the condition and strength of textiles. |
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ATMOSPHERIC ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| Building housing a form of early steam engine using steam at atmospheric pressure. Chiefly employed in mine pumping. |
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AUGUSTINIAN DOUBLE HOUSE * |
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| A mixed house of Augustinian nuns, canonesses and canons. |
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BENEDICTINE DOUBLE HOUSE * |
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| A mixed house of nuns and religious men of the Benedictine order. |
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BRIDGETTINE DOUBLE HOUSE * |
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| An abbey of the Bridgettine double order of nuns and religious men. |
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KEITH BLACKMAN FAN HOUSE * |
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| A building housing an electric powered mine ventilation fan. |
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MASTER SHIPWRIGHTS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a master shipwright. |
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DOUBLE ENDED HALL HOUSE * |
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| A house consisting of a single storey open hall with a two storey domestic range attached to both ends forming an H shape. |
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GILBERTINE DOUBLE HOUSE * |
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| A priory of Gilbertine double order of nuns and canons. |
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MASTER ROPEMAKERS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a master ropemaker. |
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RADAR STATION SET HOUSE * |
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| A building housing the generator set and associated equipment supplying electricity to a radar station. |
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SINGLE ENDED HALL HOUSE * |
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| A house consisting of a single storey open hall with a two storey domestic range attached at one end, forming a T shape. |
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TEMPERANCE PUBLIC HOUSE * |
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| A public house where no alcohol is sold. |
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TRANSPORT WORKERS HOUSE * |
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| The residences of people involved in transport work. |
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BRETHREN MEETING HOUSE * |
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| A place of meeting and worship for Brethren, a fundamentalist puritan sect founded in Ireland in the late 1820s and established in England in Plymouth in the 1830s. |
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CONTINUOUS JETTY HOUSE * |
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| A jettied house where the overhanging upper storey runs along the entire length of one side. |
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FIRST FLOOR HALL HOUSE * |
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| A high status building of the medieval period, consisting of a hall and attached room at first floor level with rooms below possibly for storage or living accommodation for a lower status family. The first floor was accessed by an external staircase. |
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GUNPOWDER DRYING HOUSE * |
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| A processing house where surplus water is removed from gunpowder after incorporating. |
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HYDRAULIC ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| An engine house used to pump water to the top of an ACCUMULATOR TOWER. |
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PRISON GOVERNORS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a prison governor. |
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ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) * |
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| Circular structure, normally indicated by one or more rings of post holes and/or a circular gulley, and usually interpreted as being of domestic function. |
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CHARTIST COLONY HOUSE * |
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| A dwelling house forming part of a Chartist Land Colony. |
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FORTIFIED MANOR HOUSE * |
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| A manor house, which was granted a royal licence to crenellate. |
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FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE * |
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| A place of worship for members of the Religious Society of Friends, often known as Quakers. The Religious Society of Friends is a denomination founded by George Fox in c.1650 who believed in passivist principles and a rejection of the sacrament. |
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MINERS CHANGING HOUSE * |
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| A building for miners to change their clothes. |
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POWER HOUSE (1380/24) * |
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| A power house built to Air Ministry drawing number 1380/24. |
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SCHOOL BOARDING HOUSE * |
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| A building, usually within the grounds of a school and often containing dormitories, used by pupils who board. |
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STATION MASTERS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a station master. |
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BATTERY ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| A building housing the engines used to power equipment used by a searchlight, anti-aircraft or coastal battery. |
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BLOWING ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| Steam engine, usually, driving a centrifugal fan to provide an air blast for a blast furnace. |
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GLAZE AND REEL HOUSE * |
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| A building containing equipment used for the polishing of grains of gunpowder and extraction of the resulting dust. |
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GOODS CLEARING HOUSE * |
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| A building in which goods were kept prior to being cleared by customs officers. |
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HAULAGE ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| Engine driving a continuous wire rope for the haulage of tubs in a mine and at the heapstead. |
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HEALTH WORKERS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of health workers. Includes single dwellings of doctors, nurses etc. but not multiple dwellings eg.NURSES HOSTEL |
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MARRIAGE FEAST HOUSE * |
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| A building, often close to a churchyard, used for the entertainment of poor people on their wedding day. |
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NAVAL OFFICERS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a Royal Navy or Merchant Navy officer. |
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POWER HOUSE (207/17) * |
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| A power house built to Air Ministry drawing number 207/17 and comprising four rooms; a driver's room, workshop and store, battery room and engine room containing 2 generator sets. |
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POWER HOUSE (476/18) * |
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| The standard RFC power house built to Air Ministry drawing number 476/18 and comprising an engine room with a small workshop and driver's room. |
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BACK TO EARTH HOUSE * |
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| A type of back to back house built on a hillside, of four storeys and with entrances at different levels. |
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BLOOD LETTING HOUSE * |
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| Place for people who underwent regular blood letting. |
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BREAKING DOWN HOUSE * |
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| A building within a gunpowder works complex, where the mill cake (pulverised and incorporated ingredients of gunpowder) was broken down. It was crushed or broken down by passing it between pairs of revolving gunmetal rollers in a breaking-down machine. |
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CHAIN PROVING HOUSE * |
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| Building housing apparatus for testing chain links. |
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CROSS PASSAGE HOUSE * |
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| A house in which a passage runs across the building, usually adjacent to a hall, between front and back entrance doors. |
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GALLERIED ROW HOUSE * |
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| A house within a row. At first floor level a gallery which runs through the front of the building. Access to the gallery was gained by steps set at intervals along the row. Commonly found in the city of Chester. |
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HORSE RUBBING HOUSE * |
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| A building where horses are rubbed down after training. |
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HOUSE OF CORRECTION * |
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| An institution for the imprisonment of vagrants and misdemeanants. |
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PORT ADMIRALS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of an admiral of a port. |
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PREFABRICATED HOUSE * |
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| A type of prefabricated house erected, to 11 approved designs, as part of the Temporary Housing Programme, between 1944 and 1948. This scheme was devised to relieve the post-war housing shortage at a time when conventional materials were unavailable. |
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SEMI DETACHED HOUSE * |
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| A house joined to another to form one building. |
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SINGLE AISLED HOUSE * |
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| A house with an aisle on one side only. |
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TEAZLE DRYING HOUSE * |
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| A building used to dry teazle heads in. Teazles were used to raise the nap on cloth in teazle shops. |
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TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE * |
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| A house constructed with a basic timber framework; between the members are panels which can be infilled with timber, wattle and daub, plaster, brick or other materials. |
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BACK TO BACK HOUSE * |
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| A house in a terrace consisting of a double row of houses sharing a common back wall, characteristic of industrial cities in the North of England. |
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COAL CRUSHER HOUSE * |
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| A structure housing machinery for crushing coal. Usually found at the pithead of a colliery or coal mine. |
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EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE * |
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| A house built using experimental building techniques and materials. |
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FRONT GABLED HOUSE * |
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| A house with a pitched roof with a double slope and gables on the front and rear elevations of the building. |
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HIPPOPOTAMUS HOUSE * |
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| A building used to accommodate hippopotami. |
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HORSE ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| A round or polygonal building containing a HORSE ENGINE. Commonly found on farms next to the threshing barn, where it is used to power the machinery. |
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HOUSE OF DETENTION * |
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| A building in which people are held in a state of imprisonment or confinement as punishment. Usually associated with military and political offenders. |
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LIGHTKEEPERS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a lightkeeper. |
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PRODUCER GAS HOUSE * |
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| A building used to manufacture Producer Gas. Producer Gas is a mix of gases formed by passing compressed air through hot coke. |
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QUASI AISLED HOUSE * |
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| A house with no row of posts between the central space and the aisles. |
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STAND BY SET HOUSE * |
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| A building housing the stand-by generator set and associated equipment which could supply electricity to all essential services in the event of a power cut. |
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STEAM ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| A building housing a steam engine. |
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ACCUMULATOR HOUSE * |
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| A building used for the collection and storage of electricity using large lead-acid batteries (accumulators). |
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AISLED HALL HOUSE * |
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| A house with an open hall whose main span is separated by an arcade from the side aisles. |
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BEAM ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| A building housing a beam engine. |
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CHURCH ARMY HOUSE * |
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| A place of meeting and worship for followers of the Church Army, a body of trained lay evangelists devoted to evangelism and social work. |
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DISINFECTOR HOUSE * |
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| A building where patients or inmates of a hospital or workhouse were disinfected and their clothes washed or burnt to prevent the spread of infectious diseases or other ailments. |
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DOUBLE PILE HOUSE * |
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| A house having four rooms of equal height on each of two floors; in larger houses there are often two parallel and equal roofs. |
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FIRE ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| The carriage house or garage for a fire engine - especially those built by insurance companies or industrial concerns. |
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FIRE TENDER HOUSE * |
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| A building, on an airfield, used to house a fire engine. |
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HATCHELLING HOUSE * |
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| A workshop for combining flax or hemp as a preparatory stage of rope making. |
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LACE DRYING HOUSE * |
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| A building where lace was laid out to dry. |
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LAY SISTERS HOUSE * |
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| A building in which the lay sisters resided. Lay sisters were not nuns and as such weren't bound by any vows. They could leave the convent and even marry if they wished. |
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LOBBY ENTRY HOUSE * |
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| A late 17th - early 18th century house with a central chimney and fireplaces and a central door on the front; this door opened closely against the fireplaces, leaving a small lobby for access to the rooms. |
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MIXING HOUSE BARN * |
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| A barn with steam powered threshing. |
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PIERMASTERS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a piermaster. |
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PUBLIC WASH HOUSE * |
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| A laundry built in conjunction with a PUBLIC BATHS. |
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RAG SORTING HOUSE * |
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| A building in which textile rags are sorted according to fibre types. |
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SIROCCO FAN HOUSE * |
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| An electric fan used for the ventilation of mines. |
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WATER METER HOUSE * |
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| A building in which apparatus measuring the amount of water supplied/used is housed. |
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APPRENTICE HOUSE * |
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| A lodging house for apprentices learning a trade or profession. This accommodation was often provided in lieu of wages. |
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BANQUETING HOUSE * |
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| A hall, apartment or large room, designed or used primarily for festive or state functions. |
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BASE CRUCK HOUSE * |
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| A CRUCK HOUSE where the cruck blades are truncated and joined by a collar beam, above which is a separate roof construction. |
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BLIND BACK HOUSE * |
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| A house with windows and doors on one side only; often built facing inwards onto a burgage plot, or sometimes on a steep slope, with no apertures on the uphill side. |
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COMPRESSOR HOUSE * |
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| A type of engine house creating power by means of compressed air, typically associated with collieries where it is used for raising coal. |
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CROSS WING HOUSE * |
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| A house with a range at the end of it, at right angles to the main range. |
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ECONOMIZER HOUSE * |
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| A building housing an economizer, a machine designed to preheat water for boilers. |
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END GABLED HOUSE * |
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| A house with a pitched roof with a double slope and gables on the side elevations of the building. |
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FISHERMANS HOUSE * |
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| A purpose-built fisherman's house, eg. a house with a first floor dwelling and ground floor fish store, or a house with a watch tower for spotting shoals. |
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GAS ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| A building housing a gas engine, used as a power source for driving other machinery. |
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GUIBAL FAN HOUSE * |
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| A ventilating fan house with an expanding chimney. |
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HOUSE OVER HOUSE * |
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| A house in a terrace built on top of another, with access at high and low level to either side. |
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INDUSTRIAL HOUSE * |
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| The residence and sometimes workplace of industrial workers. |
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OIL RETORT HOUSE * |
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| A structure erected for the processing of shale, to extract oil through heating. |
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PARLIAMENT HOUSE * |
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| A building in which a parliament meets and conducts the business of government. |
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PUBLISHING HOUSE * |
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| An establishment where books, periodicals, music, etc, are produced from original manuscripts and distributed to booksellers, dealers and the public. |
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REGISTRARS HOUSE * |
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| A house, the inhabitant of which keeps an official register e.g. a registrar's house near a cemetery would keep an official record of deaths and burials. |
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RHINOCEROS HOUSE * |
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| A building, or group of buildings, deliberately designed for rhinos. |
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STEAM WHIM HOUSE * |
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| A steam driven winding engine house for raising coal to the surface. |
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STEEL TEST HOUSE * |
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| A building used for the testing of steel. |
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TREASURERS HOUSE * |
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| A house provided for the treasurer of a cathedral, palace or similar. |
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WADDLE FAN HOUSE * |
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| A building housing an electric powered ventilation fan for use in deep mine shafts |
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WALKER FAN HOUSE * |
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| A building housing a double inlet fan that was used for the ventillation of mine shafts |
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WATER LILY HOUSE * |
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| A garden building or greenhouse, containing pools in which Water Lilies are grown. |
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WINTER BEE HOUSE * |
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| A dark outbuilding or cellar with internal recesses for overwintering skeps of bees. |
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BOX FRAME HOUSE * |
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| A timber framed house comprising horizontal and vertical timbers, forming the walls of the building and directly supporting the roof. |
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CARTRIDGE HOUSE * |
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| A component building of an explosives works where cartridges were filled with explosives with the aid of cartridging machines. |
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CHOCOLATE HOUSE * |
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| An establishment where chocolate was available as a beverage. |
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CLOTH DRY HOUSE * |
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| A building or structure in which processed cloth is dried. |
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CLOTHIERS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a clothier. |
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COOKS FAN HOUSE * |
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| A building housing a steam driven ventilation fan used in mines |
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COURTIERS HOUSE * |
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| A house in which a member of the Royal Court lives. |
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COURTYARD HOUSE * |
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| A building or buildings ranged around a courtyard on at least three sides. They occur in the Iron Age, as well as being an influential plan type of house from the 15th century onwards. Index with appropriate period. |
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END JETTY HOUSE * |
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| A jettied house where the upper storey only overhangs the end elevation of the building. |
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ENGINEERS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of an engineer. |
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EXHAUSTER HOUSE * |
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| A building forming part of a colliery ventilation system exhausting stale air from shafts and headings. |
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FATTENING HOUSE * |
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| A building where animals are deliberately fattened before being killed for their meat. |
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FINISHING HOUSE * |
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| A building or area where processes like bleaching, dressing, etc, are conducted under one roof. |
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FORTIFIED HOUSE * |
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| A house which bears signs of fortification. These often include crenellated battlements and narrow slit-like windows. |
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GAS METER HOUSE * |
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| A building in which apparatus registering the amount of gas consumed is housed. |
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GENERATOR HOUSE * |
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| A building housing a generator. |
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MERCHANTS HOUSE * |
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| Originally, a house of higher social status in a town or port, often with a storage cellar. |
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OPEN HALL HOUSE * |
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| A house consisting of a single storey hall with two storey domestic ranges attached to either one or both ends. |
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OX ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| A round or polygonal building containing a wheel turned by an ox to provide power. |
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RELIGIOUS HOUSE * |
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| Use only for a monastic house of unknown status, religious order and uncertain authenticity. |
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TEMPERATE HOUSE * |
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| A building with a regulated moderate temperature for the cultivation of plants. |
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CAMELLIA HOUSE * |
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| A 19th century glasshouse built specifically for the fostering of camellias. |
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CARRIAGE HOUSE * |
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| An outbuilding used for the storage and maintenance of horse-drawn carriages. |
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CHITTING HOUSE * |
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| A building in which potatoes can sprout and germinate. |
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CLEARING HOUSE * |
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| A central office dealing with financial accounts. |
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COUNTING HOUSE * |
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| An accounts office, especially within an industrial or commercial complex. |
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CYLINDER HOUSE * |
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| A building in which purified charcoal was produced by distillation of wood in sealed cast-iron retorts heated in fire-boxes. Tarry by-products were sometimes recovered by condensation flues. |
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DEFENDED HOUSE * |
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| A house which has been altered to increase its defensive characteristics. |
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DETACHED HOUSE * |
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| A free-standing house, not joined to another on either side. |
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ELEPHANT HOUSE * |
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| A building used to accommodate elephants at a zoo or wildlife park. |
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FLAX DRY HOUSE * |
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| A building used to dry flax. |
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FOREMANS HOUSE * |
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| A purpose-built dwelling for the supervisor of a factory, mine or other industrial complex. |
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FOUNTAIN HOUSE * |
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| A building, in a garden, park or open space, either housing a fountain or the machinery which powers one. |
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GRADUATE HOUSE * |
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| A place where students live, sometimes on a college campus. |
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GRINDING HOUSE * |
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| A building for the crushing of stones and minerals. |
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HANDLING HOUSE * |
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| Workshop for placing handles on mugs, teapots, etc. |
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HOUSE PLATFORM * |
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| An area of ground on which a house is built. A platform is often the sole surviving evidence for a house. |
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MANAGERS HOUSE * |
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| A purpose-built dwelling for the manager of a factory, works, textile mill, etc, often found within the complex itself. |
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MARITIME HOUSE * |
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| The residences of people associated with the sea. |
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MORTUARY HOUSE * |
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| Timber or stone built structure, traces of which are found within some long and round barrows, in which human remains were interred prior to mound construction. |
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MOULDING HOUSE * |
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| A building or structure in which bricks are made. |
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MUNIMENT HOUSE * |
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| A building where documents such as title-deeds, charters, etc, were kept as evidence of rights or privileges. |
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MUNITION HOUSE * |
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| A building for the storage of ammunition and other military stores. |
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PROVOSTS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of the head or president of a chapter, or community of religious persons. |
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PURIFIER HOUSE * |
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| A building, within a gas works, housing a gas purifier. |
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SESSIONS HOUSE * |
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| A building housing court rooms and associated offices and cells, in which the Quarter Sessions were held. |
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SHIFTING HOUSE * |
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| A building in a military complex (eg. naval dockyard, castle, etc.) for preparing gunpowder. |
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SMELTING HOUSE * |
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| An ancilliary building within a larger works, as distinct from a SMELT MILL. |
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STALLION HOUSE * |
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| A building where a stallion is kept. |
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STEWARDS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a person entrusted with the management of a great house or castle. |
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STILLING HOUSE * |
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| A distilling or brewing house. |
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TEACHERS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a teacher, often on the site of a school. |
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TENEMENT HOUSE * |
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| Originally built as a family house. Converted into flats during the 19th or 20th century. |
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TERRACED HOUSE * |
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| A house in a line of houses attached to and adjoining one another and planned and built as one unit. |
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THROWING HOUSE * |
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| A building in which pottery ware is made by shaping plastic clay on a spinning turntable, known as a potter's wheel or throwing wheel. |
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WOOL DRY HOUSE * |
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| A building used to dry wool in. |
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YARN DRY HOUSE * |
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| A heated room or building used to dry yarn after it has been washed. |
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AUCTION HOUSE * |
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| A place where public sales of goods are made by competitive bidding. |
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BELLOWS HOUSE * |
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| A building housing a set of bellows used to provide the blast of air to a blast furnace or similar installation. |
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BLOWING HOUSE * |
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| A building containing a small stone cylindrical furnace, eg. used for tin smelting in Cornwall. |
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BOILING HOUSE * |
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| A building, or part of a building for the boiling and preparation of animal feed, usually attached to pigsties. |
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CAPSTAN HOUSE * |
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| A small building housing a mechanism used for winding a cable. |
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CASCADE HOUSE * |
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| An often ornate building housing the source of an ornamental cascade, eg. Chatsworth House. |
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CASTING HOUSE * |
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| Building or structure covering a casting floor or pit. |
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CHAPTER HOUSE * |
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| The building attached to a cathedral or collegiate church where the dean, prebendaries or monks and canons met for the transaction of business. |
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CHARNEL HOUSE * |
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| A building where the bones of the dead were stored. |
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CLUSTER HOUSE * |
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| A group of four houses in quadruplex form within a single block, of approximately square plan and set in a spacious garden. Such houses were usually provided for supervisory or skilled workers within a textile factory. |
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CONDUIT HOUSE * |
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| A small building built over the end of a water conduit or spring. |
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CORNING HOUSE * |
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| A processing house containing equipment for sieving caked gunpowder to produce graded granules. |
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CORRODY HOUSE * |
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| Accommodation given rent-free along with or as part of a corrody, which is a provision of an annual allowance of food and money by a religious house to an individual, usually in return for service or by purchase. Term used until mid 16th century AD. |
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COUNCIL HOUSE * |
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| A house built by a local authority. |
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COUNTRY HOUSE * |
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| The rural residence of a country gentleman. |
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DIPPING HOUSE * |
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| A building in which raw pottery is finished by dipping it in glaze. |
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DROVERS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a drover. |
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DUSTING HOUSE * |
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| A building within the gunpowder works complex. During the gunpowder production process, the mill cake was broken down, pressed and then corned. The remaining dust was removed from the corned powder by tumbling it in gauze-covered revolving cylinders. |
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GIRAFFE HOUSE * |
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| A building in a zoo or wildlife park used to accommodate giraffes. |
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HAUNTED HOUSE * |
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| Fairground attraction containing a number of ghoulish displays designed to scare visitors. |
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HERDERS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a herder. |
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JETTIED HOUSE * |
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| A house where the upper storeys rest on projecting floor joists and so create the effect of an overhang. |
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LANDING HOUSE * |
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| A house to receive boat landings. |
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LODGING HOUSE * |
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| Purpose built workers' accommodation comprising single rooms with communal eating and washing facilities. Usually for short stay accommodation only. |
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MACHINE HOUSE * |
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| A building housing machinery. |
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MANSION HOUSE * |
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| Traditionally the chief residence of a land owner. Now used specifically to describe the residence of the Lord Mayor of London. |
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ORCHARD HOUSE * |
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| A forcing house used for various types of fruit which first appeared in the 19th century. Lean-to houses were used for wall-grown fruit and free-standing houses for fruit grown in pots or for trees planted in the ground. |
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PACKING HOUSE * |
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| An ancillary building in a factory or other industrial complex where manufactured goods are packaged. |
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PEACOCK HOUSE * |
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| A building used to house peacocks. |
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POULTRY HOUSE * |
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| A structure providing accommodation for poultry. |
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PRIESTS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a priest. |
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PRIMATE HOUSE * |
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| A building used to house apes and monkeys. |
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PROVING HOUSE * |
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| A building used for the testing of weapons for quality, accuracy and explosive power. |
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RANGERS HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a keeper of a royal park etc. |
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REPTILE HOUSE * |
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| A building where reptiles are accommodated at a zoo or wildlife park. |
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RIGGING HOUSE * |
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| A workshop with equipment for the making and repair of ships' rigging. |
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SALTING HOUSE * |
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| A room or building used for curing fish or meat. |
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SCREENS HOUSE * |
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| A building housing filters for sewage. Usually associated with a sewage pumping station. |
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SECTION HOUSE * |
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| A building providing lodgings for members of the police force. |
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TURBINE HOUSE * |
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| A building housing a turbine. |
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WARMING HOUSE * |
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| A building or room within a monastery in which the monks were allowed to warm themselves. The warming house was often the only place where a fire was allowed. |
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WEALDEN HOUSE * |
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| A medieval house with central open hall and two storey bays, jettied at first floor level, on either side. |
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AISLED HOUSE * |
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| Use where the intervening arcade is closed but timber-framed. |
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ANIMAL HOUSE * |
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| Living quarters for animals, birds, etc, as pets or for observation, entertainment, etc. |
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BOILER HOUSE * |
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| A building housing a boiler, often connected to a steam engine house. |
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BUDDLE HOUSE * |
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| Building or structure housing a buddle. |
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CHARGE HOUSE * |
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| Workshop, as part of a gunpowder works complex, in which explosive is loaded into shells. Also used for expense magazine, where powder was stored between work processes. |
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CHURCH HOUSE * |
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| House owned by the church, often used for meetings. |
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CLERGY HOUSE * |
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| A residence for all clergy having the sole or subordinate charge of a living. |
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COFFEE HOUSE * |
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| An establishment serving coffee and other refreshments and inexpensive foods. Between the 17th and 18th centuries they were also meeting places for political discussions. |
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COLOUR HOUSE * |
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| A small dye works, often associated with a CALICO PRINTING WORKS. |
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CURING HOUSE * |
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| A place where meat and fruit, etc, is preserved by salting and/or drying. |
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CUSTOM HOUSE * |
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| An office, particularly at a seaport, at which customs are collected. |
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DONKEY HOUSE * |
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| A building used to accommodate donkeys. |
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DOUBLE HOUSE * |
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| Mixed house of nuns and religious men. |
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DRYING HOUSE * |
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| A building used to aid in the drying of goods, for example, by means of flowing air. |
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EATING HOUSE * |
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| A cheap restaurant. |
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ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| A building housing an engine. Use specific type where known. |
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FILTER HOUSE * |
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| A building containing apparatus for the removal of large pieces of detritus from a water supply. |
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GABLED HOUSE * |
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| A house with a pitched or gabled roof with a double slope and gables on two or more sides. |
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GAMING HOUSE * |
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| An establishment used for gambling. |
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GARDEN HOUSE * |
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| A small ornamental building in a garden, usually one-storeyed and consisting of one room. Use a more specific term where known. |
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HEARSE HOUSE * |
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| A type of carriage house, usually in a churchyard, for storing a hearse. |
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HUNGER HOUSE * |
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| A farm building in which cattle are housed before slaughter. |
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INSECT HOUSE * |
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| A building designed to house insects. |
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LAIRDS HOUSE * |
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| Residence of a leading land-holding family within the district. |
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LAITHE HOUSE * |
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| A laithe with an attached house. |
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MARKET HOUSE * |
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| A market building, pre-19th century, incorporating other function rooms, eg. theatres, courtrooms, schoolrooms. |
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MIXING HOUSE * |
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| A building in which the ingredients of an explosive charge are weighed into their correct proportions and mixed prior to incorporation. |
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PARROT HOUSE * |
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| A building or cage in which parrots are bred and kept. |
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PICKER HOUSE * |
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| Working area for rag sorting and grading. |
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POLICE HOUSE * |
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| A building providing lodgings for police constables. |
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PUBLIC HOUSE * |
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| The public house was a 19th century development, distinctive from the earlier BEER HOUSE by its decorative treatment and fittings. |
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RETORT HOUSE * |
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| Central functional building of a gas works. Coal is roasted in retorts producing gas and coke. |
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ROCKET HOUSE * |
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| A building specifically built to house life saving apparatus used when conditions prevented the lifeboat from deploying. |
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SCHOOL HOUSE * |
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| A building appropriated by a school for the purpose of teaching pupils. |
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SLUICE HOUSE * |
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| A building containing machinery for operating sluices. |
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STUDIO HOUSE * |
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| A purpose-built residence for an artist, containing a studio. |
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SWITCH HOUSE * |
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| Building housing switch gear to control electricity supply either to the National Grid, industrial or domestic premises. |
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WINDER HOUSE * |
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| A building housing an engine, usually with an attendant boiler house and chimney. Used for winding from a pit. |
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BRAKE HOUSE * |
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| A building housing the brakes for an incline railway or tramway. |
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CAMEL HOUSE * |
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| A house used to accommodate camels, often found at a zoo or wildlife park. |
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CHAFF HOUSE * |
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| An area within a building (usually the barn or stable) for storing husks from the grain crop (chaff) for animal feed after it has been threshed and winnowed in the barn. |
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CIDER HOUSE * |
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| A building, or part of a building, for the milling and pressing of cider apples to produce cider (or pears for perry) and for storing the drink in barrels. |
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COACH HOUSE * |
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| An outbuilding where a horse-drawn carriage is kept. |
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COURT HOUSE * |
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| A building in which a judicial court is held. |
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CRANE HOUSE * |
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| A component part of a treadmill crane, the shed is used to enclose the treadwheel. |
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CRUCK HOUSE * |
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| A house in which a pair of curved timbers form a bowed A-frame which supports the roof independently of the walls. |
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DOWER HOUSE * |
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| A small house, usually on the estate of a country house, forming part of a widow's dower and intended as her residence. |
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GAUGE HOUSE * |
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| A building on a river or canal in which the water levels are controlled. |
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GREAT HOUSE * |
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| A large house dating from the 16th century onwards, built as a symbol of the wealth and status of the owner but not intended to be defensible unlike the castles and manor houses it replaced. |
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GUEST HOUSE * |
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| A separate residence for guests, a house on a private estate or a monastery building specifically for receiving visitors. |
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JEWEL HOUSE * |
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| A building used for the safe storage and public display of jewellery, eg. the Jewel House at the Tower of London. |
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LEECH HOUSE * |
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| A small house in which leeches were bred for medical purposes. |
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LLAMA HOUSE * |
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| A house used to accommodate Llamas at a zoo or wildlife park. |
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MANOR HOUSE * |
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| The principal house of a manor or village. |
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MOTOR HOUSE * |
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| A building for housing, maintaining and repairing motor cars. Dating to the 1890s. |
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OPERA HOUSE * |
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| An often ornately decorated theatre for the performance of opera. |
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POWER HOUSE * |
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| A building housing the permanent electricity generator supply for domestic use or small scale unspecified power generation on an airfield. Unlike stand by set houses, power houses had to cope with both essential and non-essential loads. |
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PRESS HOUSE * |
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| A building containing presses for the compaction of mill cake gunpowder as part of the gunpowder manufacturing process. |
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PRIVY HOUSE * |
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| A small building housing a lavatory. |
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SHEEP HOUSE * |
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| A building providing shelter for sheep and storage for fodder and shepherding equipment. |
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SHELL HOUSE * |
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| An ornamental building, usually decorated with or displaying shells. |
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SMOKE HOUSE * |
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| A building used to smoke fish or meat. |
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STILL HOUSE * |
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| A building housing equipment for the process of distillation. |
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STOVE HOUSE * |
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| A component of salt works containing flues and drying areas where salt blocks are dried before being crushed and bagged. |
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SUGAR HOUSE * |
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| A sugar factory. |
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TOWER HOUSE * |
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| A multi-storey, fortified hall house with one of the crosswings being raised in the form of a crenellated tower. Permanently occupied, they date from the mid 14th to the 17th century and are found mainly in the border counties of the North of England. |
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VALVE HOUSE * |
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| A small building housing a valve which controls the flow within a water regulation system. |
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WATCH HOUSE * |
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| A house or hut for a nightwatchman; including parish watch houses in churchyards and private watch houses, eg. in dockyards, factories, etc. |
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WEIGH HOUSE * |
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| A building containing a weighing machine for weighing goods; sometimes found in markets, ports, etc. |
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WHEEL HOUSE * |
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| A building to house waterwheels, attached to a WATERMILL or water-powered factory. |
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WINCH HOUSE * |
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| A building housing a winching mechanism. |
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ALUM HOUSE * |
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| A building used for the crystallization process in alum making. |
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BACK HOUSE * |
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| A brewing or baking house attached to a vernacular building, 16/17th century. |
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BARK HOUSE * |
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| A building used for storing tree bark. |
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BATH HOUSE * |
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| A building equipped with facilities for bathing, and occasionally public baths. |
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BEER HOUSE * |
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| A building licensed for the sale of beer. |
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BIER HOUSE * |
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| A building containing a bier; a movable stand on which a corpse, often in a coffin, is placed prior to burial. |
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BOAT HOUSE * |
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| A house or shelter for the storage and/or launching of boats. |
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CALF HOUSE * |
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| A building used to house calves. |
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DEER HOUSE * |
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| A building for housing deer overnight. |
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DUCK HOUSE * |
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| A building used to accommodate ducks. |
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FISH HOUSE * |
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| A building used for the storage of fish. |
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HALL HOUSE * |
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| A house consisting of a public hall with private living accommodation attached. Built from the medieval period onwards. |
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HOOP HOUSE * |
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| A building in which hoops (for masts) were heated. |
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MALT HOUSE * |
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| A building with malt kilns for the malting of grains and with other similar equipment for brewing work. |
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MASH HOUSE * |
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| A brewery building where malt is mixed with hot water to form wort. |
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MAST HOUSE * |
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| A building where masts are made and stored. |
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MILL HOUSE * |
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| The residence of a miller, often attached to a mill. |
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MOSS HOUSE * |
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| A rustic garden building made of wood with moss pressed between the wall slats. The mosses could be of different types, forming a mossery. |
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PALM HOUSE * |
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| A greenhouse used for growing palms and/or tropical plants. |
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PUMP HOUSE * |
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| A small pumping station. |
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ROOT HOUSE * |
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| A picturesque garden building decorated with tree roots, often serving as a HERMITAGE or ARBOUR. |
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TEST HOUSE * |
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| A building used for the testing of aircraft and aircraft engines. |
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TOLL HOUSE * |
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| A house by a toll gate or toll bridge where tolls are collected. |
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TOWN HOUSE * |
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| A gentry house in a town or city, either detached or in a terrace. |
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TRAP HOUSE * |
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| A building, similar to a cart shed, but used to house traps, gigs and coaches. |
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TREE HOUSE * |
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| Ornamental garden building constructed within the branches of trees. |
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WASH HOUSE * |
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| A building where clothes are washed. |
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WELL HOUSE * |
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| A building over a well housing machinery for raising the water. Often consisting of a DONKEY WHEEL or HORSE GIN. |
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WHIM HOUSE * |
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| A building housing a whim, a machine worked by a horse, used for raising ores, etc, from a mine. |
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YARN HOUSE * |
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| A building associated with rope manufacture, especially in naval dockyards. |
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ASH HOUSE * |
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| A small outlying farm building, especially common in southern England, used to store ash (which was used as a fertilizer). |
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BEE HOUSE * |
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| A building with shelves and/or stands for skeps or wooden hives, and flight holes through the walls for bees. |
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COW HOUSE * |
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| A building in which cattle are housed overnight, normally tethered in stalls. |
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DYE HOUSE * |
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| A building, usually one-storeyed, for dyeing cloth. |
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FAN HOUSE * |
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| A building housing a fan used for the ventilation of mines |
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FIG HOUSE * |
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| A greenhouse for the growing of figs. |
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FUN HOUSE * |
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| Fairground attraction designed to create optical illusions to give a sense of unbalance and unease. |
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GAS HOUSE * |
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| An ancilliary building, usually to provide gas for lighting a particular building (eg. railway stations, factories, etc) as opposed to public GAS WORKS. |
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HOUSEBOAT * |
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| A boat roofed over and fitted up as a home for living in permanently or temporarily. |
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LOW HOUSE * |
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| A storehouse in 16th and 17th century houses. |
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MUG HOUSE * |
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| An 18th century cottage with a pottery kiln attached. |
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NET HOUSE * |
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| A free-standing building with enough space to hang and dry nets. |
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PAN HOUSE * |
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| A component of a salt works housing iron pans where the brine was evaporated above a furnace and flue. Such houses were lightly built in order to allow the heat and steam to escape. |
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ROW HOUSE * |
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| A terrace house sharing a common wall with its neighbours. |
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TAR HOUSE * |
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| A storehouse associated with rope manufacture (eg. in naval dockyards). |
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TEA HOUSE * |
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| A refreshment house in a public park or country house garden. |
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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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