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HOUSE
A building designed for human habitation, usually as a permanent dwelling. Use specific term where known.
Feallie Hoose (Non-Preferred) | Norse House (Non-Preferred) | Viking House (Non-Preferred)
Classifications
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Monument Thesaurus (rcahms)
Monument Thesaurus (rcahms)
> Domestic
>> Dwelling
>> House
>>> House
>>> Aisled Building
>>> Blackhouse
>>> Bungalow
>>> Byre Dwelling
>>> Caretakers House
>>> Chalet
>>> Cottage
>>> Council House
>>> Country House
>>> Courtyard House
>>> Detached House
>>> Dower House
>>> Estate Cottage
>>> Farmhouse
>>> Fortified House
>>> Hall House
>>> Industrial House
>>> Lairds House
>>> Managers House
>>> Manor House
>>> Maritime House
>>> Merchants House
>>> Police House
>>> Ring Ditch House
>>> Roundhouse
>>> Schoolhouse
>>> Tacksmans House
>>> Teachers House
>>> Terraced House
>>> Town House
>>> Turf House
>>> Veterans House
>>> Villa
>>>> Aisled Building
>>>> Blackhouse
>>>> Bungalow
>>>> Byre Dwelling
>>>> Caretakers House
>>>> Chalet
>>>> Cottage
>>>> Council House
>>>> Country House
>>>> Courtyard House
>>>> Detached House
>>>> Dower House
>>>> Estate Cottage
>>>> Farmhouse
>>>> Fortified House
>>>> Gamekeepers House
>>>> Hall House
>>>> Health Workers House
>>>> Industrial House
>>>> Lairds House
>>>> Lodberry
>>>> Managers House
>>>> Manor House
>>>> Maritime House
>>>> Merchants House
>>>> Police House
>>>> Prefabricated House
>>>> Ring Ditch House
>>>> Ring Groove House
>>>> Roundhouse
>>>> Schoolhouse
>>>> Semi Detached House
>>>> Tacksmans House
>>>> Teachers House
>>>> Terraced House
>>>> Town House
>>>> Turf House
>>>> Veterans House
>>>> Villa
Related Terms
| Term | Note |
|---|---|
| BACKLANDS | An area of open ground associated with a medieval urban dwelling. |
| CRANNOG | An island, partly or wholly artificial, often formed by dumping timber, earth and stones and revetted with timber piles or a palisade. Built in a loch, wetland or estuary and dating from prehistory to medieval. |
| HOUSE PLATFORM | A levelled area cut into a slope, on which a house was built. Often the only visible evidence of the presence of a house. |
| ISLAND DWELLING | A small, sometimes partly artificial, island with evidence of buildings and other structures related to domestic occupation, generally of medieval date. |
