**By Layout:**
– Single-pile house layouts are one room deep, but may be more than one room wide
– Double-pen or double-cell: a two-room house
– Saddlebag: a two-room house with a central chimney and one or two front doors
– Dogtrot house: divided house with an open, roofed breezeway between two sections
– Shotgun house: a house that is one room wide and two rooms deep, without a corridor
**Hut Types:**
– Hut: a dwelling of relatively simple construction, usually one room and one story in height
– Roundhouse: a house built with a circular plan
– Broch: a Scottish roundhouse
– Trullo: a traditional Apulian stone dwelling with a conical roof
– Igloo
**Bungalow Varieties:**
– Bungalow: a low one-story house with a shallow-pitched roof
– American Craftsman bungalow
– California bungalow
– Chalet bungalow in Northern Ireland
– Chicago bungalow
**Cottage Styles:**
– Cottage: a small house, usually one or two stories in height
– Cape Cod-style house or Cape
– Dacha: cottage-type house in Russia and former union republics of the Soviet Union
– Izba: a traditional Russian wooden country house
– Ontario Cottage: a one- or one-and-a-half-story house with a symmetrical rectangular floor plan
**Ranch House Types:**
– Brick ranch-style house
– A ranch-style house or rambler: one-story, low to the ground, with a low-pitched roof
– California ranch: the original ranch style
– Tract ranch: a post-World War II style of ranch
– Suburban ranch: a modern style of ranch that retains many characteristics of the original
This is a list of house types. Houses can be built in a large variety of configurations. A basic division is between free-standing or single-family detached homes and various types of attached or multi-family residential dwellings. Both may vary greatly in scale and the amount of accommodation provided.
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List of house types:
A list of house types is a compilation of various categories or styles of residential buildings, such as bungalows, townhouses, villas, cottages, and more. This list provides a classification of different types of houses based on their architectural design, layout, size, and other characteristics. It can be helpful for individuals looking to understand the different options available when choosing a home or for professionals in the real estate or construction industries.