My Home, My Castle

home
(= здание)

(= родной очаг)

This is a house. The house is grey.
I come home at 5 p.m. every day.

be big, it may be small

But wherever you go

Home’s best place of all

It may be quiet or noisy

It may be dark or bright

But home is the place

Where everything is all right.

from the traditional thatched cottages to modern blocks of flats

in the cities. Houses are often described by the type of building they are.

People in Britain prefer houses to flats. The British respect privacy and independence. An average Englishman likes to live in his own house. A house, a garden and a place to wash the car is a British ideal.

About 64 per cent of houses in Britain are owned by people who live in them, the rest is owned by public authorities and is rented.

divided into separate parts

connected on any side with any other building.

of a pair of joined by one shared wall houses.

of a row of similar houses joined to each other.

housing in cities, usually but not necessarily terraced (row housing)

or semi-detached.

floor.

semi-rural location. It is usually one and a half storey

property.

quickly built of readily available materials such as ice, stone,

grass, palm leaves, branches and/or mud.

for nobility.

a large garden and land surrounding it.

designed for kilning (drying) hops as part of the brewing

process. Many redundant oasts have been converted into houses.

the highest floors. Penthouses are typically differentiated from other apartments

by luxury features.

wooden boards on the outside.

the countryside.

serves a residential purpose in a rural or agricultural setting.

Many farm houses are shaped like a T.

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as the Quay House, is a tourist attraction on the

quay in Conwy, Wales.

The house, which has a floor area of 3.05 meters by 1.8 meters (10 feet by 6 feet) and a height of 10 feet 2 inches, was used as a residence from the 16th century until 1900.

The house was lived in until 1900, when the owner was a 6ft 3 inch (1.9 meters) fisherman named Robert Jones.

This house is currently red. It stands near the Conwy Castle walls and people can enter for £1.00 (or 50p for children). There is information about the house inside. A Welsh lady stands outside most days. The upstairs is so minute that there is room only for one bed and a bedside cabinet. Visitors can't walk about on the 2nd floor, but can view it from the step ladder.

There's just about enough room for one stove, a water tap, a bedside cabinet and a bed.