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A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a
cotter Cotter may refer to: * Cotter pin (disambiguation), a pin or wedge used to fix parts rigidly together * Cotter (farmer), the Scots term for a peasant farmer formerly in the Scottish highlands * Cotter (surname), a surname (including a list of peopl ...
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.Daniel D. McGarry, ''Medieval history and civilization'' (1976) p 242 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 In law, a dwelling (also known as a residence or an abode) is a self-contained unit of accommodation used by one or more households as a home - such as a house, apartment, mobile home, houseboat, vehicle, or other "substantial" structure. The ...
, typically in a rural or semi-rural location and not necessarily in England. The cottage orné, often quite large and grand residences built by 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 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 In the United Kingdom, a tied cottage is typically a dwelling owned by an employer that is rented to an employee: if the employee leaves their job they may have to vacate the property; in this way the employee is tied to their employer. While the ...
provided to farm workers 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
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, "cottage" is one term for such holiday homes, although they may also be called a "cabin", " chalet", or even "camp". In Australia, 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'', which can refer to a vacation/summer home, often located near a body of water). In places such as Canada, "cottage" carries no connotations of size (compare with
vicarage A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of religion. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, parsonage, rectory or vicarage. Function A clergy house is typically own ...
or hermitage).


Etymology

The word ''cottage'' ( Medieval Latin ''cotagium'') derives from
Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
''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 the cottage bore the Latin name: "''domus''", while the barn of the cottage was termed "''grangia''".


England


Medieval

The word originally referred to a humble rural detached dwelling of a ''
cotter Cotter may refer to: * Cotter pin (disambiguation), a pin or wedge used to fix parts rigidly together * Cotter (farmer), the Scots term for a peasant farmer formerly in the Scottish highlands * Cotter (surname), a surname (including a list of peopl ...
'', a semi-independent resident of a
manor Manor may refer to: Land ownership *Manorialism or "manor system", the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of medieval Europe, notably England *Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism *Man ...
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 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 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.


Industrial Revolution

In England from about the 18th century onwards, the development of industry led to 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 ''The Condition of the Working Class in England'' (german: Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England) is an 1845 book by the German philosopher Friedrich Engels, a study of the industrial working class in Victorian England. Engels' first book, ...
''.


Enclosures Act

Over the years various English Acts of Parliament removed the right of the cottager to hold land. According to
John Lawrence Hammond John Lawrence Le Breton Hammond (18 July 1872 – 7 April 1949) was a British journalist and writer on social history and politics. A number of his best-known works were jointly written with his wife, Barbara Hammond (née Bradby, 1873–1961). ...
and
Barbara Hammond Lucy Barbara Hammond (née Bradby, 1873–1961) was an English social historian who researched and wrote many influential books with her husband, John Lawrence Hammond, including the ''Labourer'' trilogy about the impact of enclosure and the I ...
in their book ''The Village Labourer'', before the Enclosures Act the cottager was a farm labourer with land, and after the Enclosures Act the cottager was a farm labourer without land.


Legal definition

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 of land.


Wales

The Welsh '' Tŷ unnos'' or "house in 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 Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
a cottage is known as ''bwthyn'' and its inhabitant ''preswlydd''. pp. 136, 178


Scotland

In Scotland the equivalent to cottager would be the crofter and the term for the building and its land would be
croft Croft may refer to: Occupations * Croft (land), a small area of land, often with a crofter's dwelling * Crofting, small-scale food production * Bleachfield, an open space used for the bleaching of fabric, also called a croft Locations In the Uni ...
.


Ireland

Irish cottages, known as ga, teachín, were historically the homes of farmworkers and labourers, but in recent years the term has assumed a romantic connotation especially when referring to cottages with thatched roofs ( ga, 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 the tourist industry and many can be let out as accommodation.


Modern usage in Britain and Ireland

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 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 Jane Austen's House Museum is a small independent museum in the village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire. It is a writer's house museum occupying the 17th-century house (informally known as Chawton Cottage) in which novelist Jane Austen spent ...
.


Outside Britain and Ireland


North America

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 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 a source of revenue. In
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, 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
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house called
Boelson Cottage Boelson Cottage is a Dutch and Swedish-style colonial era cottage located in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
in
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, Philadelphia—one of the oldest extant houses within 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 A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof (usually with dormer windows), and may be surrounded by wide verandas. The first house in England that was classified as a b ...
. 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 The term summer colony is often used, particularly in the United States, to describe well-known resorts and upper-class enclaves, typically located near the ocean or mountains of New England or the Great Lakes. In Canada, the term cottage countr ...
. Cottage living 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;
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; 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 is most notable in the
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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
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s were built in the style of Old World cottages. Comprising about 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.


Australia

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 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
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, however, cabins are built at a permanent site on proper footings, while the term tiny house often implies that the dwelling is built on a trailer platform and can be relocated.


Nordic countries


Finland

''Statistics Finland'' defines a cottage ( fi, mökki,
Finland Swedish Finland Swedish or Fenno-Swedish ( sv, finlandssvenska; fi, suomenruotsi) is a general term for the variety of the Swedish language and a closely related group of Swedish dialects spoken in Finland by the Swedish-speaking population, commonly a ...
: ''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 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 Kuusamo ( sme, Guossán; smn, Kuáccám) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . T ...
(6,196 cottages on 1 January 2006),
Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...
(5,194), Ekenäs (Tammisaari – 5,053), Mikkeli (4,649), and
Mäntyharju Mäntyharju (, literally 'Pine Ridge') is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The coastline is almost . The population density ...
(4,630).


Sweden

The formal Swedish term for cottages 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 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 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 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.


Norway

The formal Norwegian term for cottages is ''
hytte A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, 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 ...
'' 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 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.


Russia

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 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.Харит М.Д. "Новый век российской усадьбы". Популярная энциклопедия архитектуры. т.1. 2001 г., Изд. АСТ (издательство), Москва,


South Africa

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 the country throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Most cottages are single-storey two to four-roomed structures sometimes with an attic for storing supplies. Most cottages in the Western Cape area of South Africa have
thatched roofs Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (''Cladium mariscus''), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of t ...
and stone or
adobe Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for ''mudbrick''. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of e ...
walls which were traditionally whitewashed. A large number of the remaining cottages in the country are listed heritage sites.


Notable cottages

* Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum, Fife, Scotland - weaver's cottage, birthplace of philanthropist Andrew Carnegie *
Anne Hathaway's Cottage Anne Hathaway's Cottage is a twelve-roomed farmhouse where Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare, lived as a child in the village of Shottery, Warwickshire, England, about west of Stratford-upon-Avon. Spacious, and with several bedroom ...
, Warwickshire, England - childhood home of Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare) * Arthur Cottage, County Antrim, Northern Ireland - the ancestral home of US President Chester A. Arthur *
Bishop Asbury Cottage Bishop Asbury Cottage () is a 17th-century cottage on Newton Road, Great Barr, England, known for being the boyhood home of Francis Asbury (1745 – 1816), one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church (now The United Methodist ...
, Staffordshire, England - boyhood home of Methodist Episcopal Bishop Francis Asbury * Bron-Yr-Aur, Powys, Wales - holiday cottage used by rock band Led Zeppelin * Burns Cottage, Ayrshire, Scotland - home of poet Robert Burns *
Cook's Cottage Cooks' Cottage, previously known as Captain Cook's Cottage, is located in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, Australia. The cottage was constructed in 1755 in the English village of Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, by the parents of Captain James Coo ...
, Melbourne, Australia - birthplace of
James Cook James Cook (7 November 1728 Old Style date: 27 October – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean an ...
, taken from Yorkshire to Victoria in 1934 * Dove Cottage, Cumbria, England - home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth * Elgar Birthplace Museum, Worcestershire, England - cottage birthplace of composer
Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...
* Ernest Hemingway Cottage, Michigan, USA - boyhood summer home of author Ernest Hemingway * Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Iowa, USA - cottage birthplace of President Herbert Hoover * Hill Top, Cumbria, England - home of children's author Beatrix Potter * Ivy Green, Alabama, USA - birthplace of deaf-blind author Helen Keller *
La Trobe's Cottage La Trobe's Cottage is a historic cottage in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1839 by the first Superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, Charles La Trobe, and his family. Construction and significance The cottage w ...
, Melbourne, Australia - home of Charles La Trobe, founder of the colony of Victoria * Michael Collins Birthplace, County Cork, Ireland - cottage birthplace of Irish revolutionary leader
Michael Collins Michael Collins or Mike Collins most commonly refers to: * Michael Collins (Irish leader) (1890–1922), Irish revolutionary leader, soldier, and politician * Michael Collins (astronaut) (1930–2021), American astronaut, member of Apollo 11 and Ge ...
*
Oakhurst Cottage Oakhurst Cottage is a tiny 16th or 17th-century cottage in Hambledon, Surrey, in the United Kingdom. It is a Grade II listed building. The cottage was given to the National Trust in 1954, and occupied until 1983. It has been restored to illu ...
, Surrey, England - preserved 17th century agricultural worker's cottage * Swiss Cottage, Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland - ornamental cottage designed by John Nash * Thomas Hardy's Cottage, Dorset, England - home of author
Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Word ...
* Willy Lott's Cottage, Suffolk, England - featured in several paintings by
John Constable John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romanticism, Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting with his pictures of Dedha ...
* York Cottage, Norfolk, England - favourite home of King George V and Mary of Teck


Gallery


Thatched cottages in England

File:Church Cottage, Stretton Grandison - geograph.org.uk - 459243.jpg, Church Cottage,
Stretton Grandison Stretton Grandison is a hamlet (place), hamlet and small civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 175. It is on the A417 road (a Roman Road, hence the settlem ...
, Herefordshire File:Chocolate box thatch - geograph.org.uk - 1219850.jpg, Cottage with thatched roof, Simpson,
Milton Keynes Milton Keynes ( ) is a city and the largest settlement in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of its urban area was over . The River Great Ouse forms its northern boundary; a tributary ...
File:Chocolate Box cottage, Ashton under Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1482850.jpg, Ashton under Hill, Worcestershire File:Circular Cottage, Blaise Hamlet.jpg, Cottage designed by John Nash at
Blaise Hamlet Blaise Hamlet is a group of nine small cottages around a green in Henbury, now a district in the north of Bristol, England. All the cottages, and the sundial on the green are Grade I listed buildings. Along with Blaise Castle the Hamlet is lis ...
, Bristol File:Anne Hathaways Cottage 1 (5662418953).jpg,
Anne Hathaway's Cottage Anne Hathaway's Cottage is a twelve-roomed farmhouse where Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare, lived as a child in the village of Shottery, Warwickshire, England, about west of Stratford-upon-Avon. Spacious, and with several bedroom ...
,
Shottery Shottery, formerly a small village a mile west of Stratford-upon-Avon town centre, is now part of the town, though retaining the feeling of a distinct village. History and amenities Shottery has a village hallShottery Memorial Hall one seconda ...
, Warwickshire File:Thatched cottage - geograph.org.uk - 378606.jpg, Thatched cottage,
Brigsley Brigsley is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, and on the B1203 road, south from Waltham. According to the 2001 Census its population was 370, reducing to 355 at the 2011 Census. Brigsley Grade II listed Angli ...
, Lincolnshire File:Selworthycottage.jpg, Cottage, Selworthy, Somerset File:Pump Cottage - geograph.org.uk - 1339484.jpg, Pump Cottage,
Harpford Harpford is a small village in East Devon, England. It lies on the east side of the River Otter, less than 1 mile north east of the larger village of Newton Poppleford. Harpford was an ancient parish. The parish was a strip parish, which in ...
, Devon


Other cottages

File:Round House, Veryan, Roseland, Cornwall taken 1964 - geograph.org.uk - 773009.jpg, Circular cottage in Veryan, Cornwall File:Thatched cottage in the sand dunes by Denmark.jpg, Cottage amongst sand dunes in Denmark File:Hans-en-Grietje.jpg, The Hansel and Gretel cottage at the Efteling theme park, the Netherlands File:Cabanas curarrehue.jpg, Snow-covered cottages near Curarrehue, Chile File:Balkhauser-kotten-20040803-06160.jpg, A
cotter Cotter may refer to: * Cotter pin (disambiguation), a pin or wedge used to fix parts rigidly together * Cotter (farmer), the Scots term for a peasant farmer formerly in the Scottish highlands * Cotter (surname), a surname (including a list of peopl ...
house (''Kotten'' or ''Katen'') near Solingen, Germany – used as a vacation cottage today File:Vikendica (Međimurje, Croatia) - drvena.jpg, A wooden cottage in Međimurje County, Croatia


See also

*
Bothy A bothy is a basic shelter, usually left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge. It was also a term for basic accommodation, usually for gardeners or other workers on an estate. Bothies are found in remote mountainous areas of Sco ...
– simple shelter *
Bungalow A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof (usually with dormer windows), and may be surrounded by wide verandas. The first house in England that was classified as a b ...
– a type of single-storey house * But and ben – a simple cottage, having only an inner and outer room * Chalet – an
alpine Alpine may refer to any mountainous region. It may also refer to: Places Europe * Alps, a European mountain range ** Alpine states, which overlap with the European range Australia * Alpine, New South Wales, a Northern Village * Alpine National Pa ...
style building * Cottage garden *
Cottage industry The putting-out system is a means of subcontracting work. Historically, it was also known as the workshop system and the domestic system. In putting-out, work is contracted by a central agent to subcontractors who complete the project via remote ...
* Dacha – seasonal or year-round second homes located in the exurbs of Soviet and Russian cities * Garden real estate – property with gardens *
Log cabin A log cabin is a small log house, especially a less finished or less architecturally sophisticated structure. Log cabins have an ancient history in Europe, and in America are often associated with first generation home building by settlers. Eur ...
– small house built from logs * Mar del Plata style – a small living unit located in and around the resort city of
Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is a s ...
, Argentina *
Mobile home A mobile home (also known as a house trailer, park home, trailer, or trailer home) is a prefabricated structure, built in a factory on a permanently attached chassis before being transported to site (either by being towed or on a trailer). Us ...
* Mountain hut – a building located in the mountains intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers and hikers * Pied-à-terre – small living unit, typically located in a large city *
Summer house A summer house or summerhouse has traditionally referred to a building or shelter used for relaxation in warm weather. This would often take the form of a small, roofed building on the grounds of a larger one, but could also be built in a garden ...
– a term used in the Scandinavian countries to describe the popular holiday homes or summer cottages * Vacation rental – term in the travel industry meaning renting out a furnished apartment or house on a temporary basis to tourists as an alternative to a hotel * Vernacular architecture – traditional architecture in a particular area * Wilderness hut – a rent-free, open dwelling place for temporary accommodation


References


Further reading

Current editions: *Sayer, Karen. ''Country cottages: a cultural history'' (Manchester University Press, 2000). *Woodforde, John. ''The Truth About Cottages: A History and an Illustrated Guide to 50 Types of English Cottage'' (I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 2007) Out of copyright (free download): *Dawber, E. G. & Davie, W. G. ''Old cottages and farmhouses in Kent and Sussex'' (London, B. T. Batsford, 1900) *Ditchfield, P. H. & Quinton, A. R. ''The cottages and the village life of rural England'' (London, J.M. Dent & sons ltd., 1912). *Ditchfield, P. H. ''Picturesque English cottages and their doorway gardens'' (J.C. Winston Co., 1905). *Downing, A. J. ''Cottage Residences'' ( New York : J. Wiley & son, 1873). *Elder-Duncan, J. H. ''Country cottages and week-end homes'' (London, Cassell and co. ltd., 1912). *Green, W. C. & Davie, W. G. ''Old cottages & farm-houses in Surrey'' (London, B. T. Batsford, 1908). *Holme, Charles (Ed). ''The village homes of England'' (" The Studio Ltd.", London, New York, Paris, 1912). *Holme, Charles. ''Old English country cottages'' (Office of " The Studio", London, New York, Paris, 1906). *Kirby, J. H. ''Modern cottages'' (self pub. n.d). *Papworth, John B. ''Rural residences: a series of designs for cottages'' (London, R. Ackermann, 1818). {{Authority control House types Agricultural buildings Vernacular architecture