English House Names

Find out about the different type of houses we have in England

Photos of different types of houses

Why do we give our houses names?

House naming started many years ago with rich people naming their homes. The rich named their Halls, Houses, Manors, Castles, and Lodges according to ancestry, location, and family titles: Norfolk House (Duke of), Belvoir Castle (overlooking the Belvoir Valley); Castle Droge (named after a 13th ancestor) etc. Gradually over the years other people began to give names to their homes too.

All houses in towns and cities have a number. Very few have just a name and majority do not have names.

Street Numbering

Street numbering was introduced by act of Parliament in 1765. Every house in a town and city has a number followed by the name of the road it is in e.g. 26 Avebury Avenue. The first house in the road is number one and the last house is the number of buildings in the street. The number readily identifies the location of a property in a road and so makes it easier for the emergency services to find houses quickly.

Odd numbers are usually assigned to the left side of the street and even numbers to the right, as they head out of town.

The UK's Top 50 house names
from the Halifax House Names Survey 2003

1. The Cottage	18. Orchard Cottage	35. Fairview
2. Rose Cottage	19. Yew Tree Cottage	36. White Cottage
3. The Bungalow	20. The Laurels	37. Mill House
4. The Coach House	21. The Old Post Office	38 The Orchard
5. Orchard House	22. The Gables	39. Treetops
6. The Lodge	23. The Hollies	40. Primrose Cottage
7. Woodlands	24. The Beeches	41. The Granary
8. The Old School House	25. The Firs	42. The Nook
9. Ivy Cottage	26. Woodside	43. Corner Cottage
10. The Willows	27. Meadow View	44. School House
11. The Barn	28. The Stables	45. Greenacres
12. The Old Rectory	29. The White House	46. The Old School
13. Hillside	30. Holly Cottage	47. Honeysuckle Cottage
14. Hillcrest	31. Willow Cottage	48. Lilac Cottage
15. The Croft	32. Highfield	49. Wayside
16. The Old Vicarage	33. The Haven	50. Oaklands
17. Sunnyside	34. Springfield

The most Common Themes for House names in Britain

House names today are inspired by a bewildering array of sources: everything from location and local history to literature and legends.

Animals and birds

Favourites include:

Badgers Cottage, Cuckoo Cottage, Curlew Cottage, Dolphin Cottage, Fox Hollow, Kestrels, Magpies, Mole End, Nightingale Cottage, Robin Hill, Rookery Nook, Squirrels Leap, Swallow Barn, The Jays and Two Hoots

Trees

Favourites include:

Orchard House, The Orchard, Woodlands, Treetops, Oaklands, The Willows, Yew Tree Cottage, The Laurels, The Hollies, The Beeches and The Firs.

Plants and flowers

Favourites include:

Rose Cottage, Primrose Cottage, Honeysuckle Cottage and Lilac Cottage.

Locations and views

Favourites include:

Hillside, Hillcrest, Sunnyside, Woodside, Meadow View and Fairview.

Historical

Favourites include:

The Coach House, The Old School House, The Old Rectory, The Old Vicarage, The Old Post Office, Mill House, The Granary and The Grange

Fairytales and Old Favourites

Favourites include:

Thimble Cottage, Pippins, The Little House, The Nutshell, Whispers, Wishing Well Cottage and The Nest.

Holidays and beauty spots

Favourites include:

Ambleside, Blencathra, Eskdale, Rydal, Tarn Hows, Windermere, Larmona, Tresco and Kynance.

Source:- http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/housenames.htm

Entire British Village

Entire British village where time has stood still for 50 years goes up for sale - to the KINDEST bidder

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An entire village is going under the hammer to the ‘kindest’ bidder.

When Eve Dawnay died five years ago, she left the perfectly preserved North Yorkshire village of West Heslerton to her family.

It came complete with a 21-bedroom historic hall, 42 houses, a pub and restaurant, a garage, a sports pavilion and playing fields and more than 2,000 acres of surrounding countryside.

Now the estate village near Malton is up for sale for £20million and her family is hoping to find a wealthy buyer who shares their wish to conserve the unique way of life.

The endearingly eccentric Oxford-educated spinster owned the whole village and, thanks to affordable rents and some clever social engineering, she ensured that it retained a vibrant community supporting a host of amenities, including a primary school and its own football, cricket and bowling teams.

“Miss Dawnay was a wonderful lady,” says Tom Watson, a director of Cundalls estate agency, which is handling the sale.

“She was very kind and the property rents are, and have always been, very low.

"This has helped keep a village community with a mixed group of ages and there are obviously a lot of people hoping that somebody with a similar benevolent nature will come along to take over the estate.

“It would be perfect for somebody wanting to build up and leave a legacy.

"The estate has been very much untouched in the past 50 years and is now a blank canvas ready to be shaped for the next generation.”

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He expects a huge amount of interest from developers and investors keen to exploit the opportunities on offer.

“In many respects time has stood still in West Heslerton.

"There are now endless possibilities to convert buildings, develop plots and explore commercial opportunities,” Watson added.

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“But I know that in an ideal world Miss Dawnay’s family would really like to see the estate carry on in a similar vein.”

The village has been owned by the Dawnay family for 150 years, after Eve Dawnay inherited it in 1964 on the death of her father.

She graduated from Oxford University with a BA in French in 1948 and worked in Paris and London before returning to Yorkshire.

As well as excelling academically, she was also a skilled craftswoman and made a collection of model rooms featuring miniature historical scenes.

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When she died in December 2010, aged 84, there was no single heir and so the only realistic option for the beneficiaries was to sell.

Her younger sister Verena Elliott, who now lives in London, says: “It’s not the prettiest of villages.

"It wouldn’t go on the front of a chocolate box but my great grandfather, grandfather and father loved it.

“We all loved it and it would be very hard to find a village with more loyal and lovely people living in it. There is a real sense of community, which is hard to find these days.

“There are generations of families who have lived in the estate houses. In fact, there was a time when nobody ever seemed to move away.

“I can’t say strongly enough what the village and the people who have lived there meant to my family.

“The loyalty of those villagers has been tremendous. It will be strange to return and not be able to just wander around like I always have; that it will belong to somebody else.

"But times have changed, especially when it comes to farming, and it will be lovely to see new life breathed into the estate.”

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At the centre of the estate is the 21-bedroom West Heslerton Hall.

It hasn’t been lived in for 30 years after Miss Dawnay moved to a smaller, purpose-built property.

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The hall now offers the potential to be modernised or converted.

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In addition to the hall, the sale includes Miss Dawnay’s four-bedroom home, 42 houses and cottages, a pub/restaurant, filling station/garage and a playing field and sports field with pavilion.

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There are 2,116 acres of agricultural land, including 112 acres of woodland.

Source:- http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/homeandproperty/entire-british-village-where-time-has-stood-still-for-50-years-goes-up-for-sale-to-the-kindest-bidder/ar-BBrj2ZB?li=BBoPOOl&ocid=ansmsnnews11

Revealed: The Zone 3 Homes Hotspots Tipped For Growth

This article was was written in March 2015. Was it a good prediction and how much have the values changed?

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Hoola brings 360 flats to Royal Docks, where a landscaped hill conceals car parking and cycle spaces. 

Call 020 7531 2500.

Hoola brings 360 flats to Royal Docks, where a landscaped hill conceals car parking and cycle spaces. Call 020 7531 2500

Priced out of Zones 1 and 2, footloose home buyers are searching for areas in Zone 3 where they can get more — sometimes much more — for their money.

London’s population is rising fastest in this zone, with waves of buyers looking for properties in the £250,000 to £750,000 price bracket, which accounts for the bulk of demand in the capital. In particular, Ealing in the west and Leyton in the east are tipped for big changes.

On average, Zone 3 addresses are 41 per cent cheaper than Zone 2 — a whopping £474,569 against £797,410, according to online estate agency eMoov, which reports a ‘spillover’ trend, with more people hunting for less expensive properties a couple of Tube stops down the line. For example, from Balham, a 2014 hotspot where the average price is £576,622, to Colliers Wood, where the average price is £364,949.

Zone 3 is an inner ring marked by Acton and Chiswick in the west, Leyton and Forest Gate in the east, Hornsey and Tottenham in the north and Tooting and Streatham in the south

Zone 3 is dotted with districts benefiting from new transport links, high street makeovers, newly created parks, opened-up waterfront, and new shopping and business hubs.

Developers are stepping in to build more homes, believing that demand will strengthen during the next decade, because of London’s booming population. Some are using placemaking skills to improve neighbourhoods, even to create an address, as at Brent Cross Cricklewood, where there are plans for 7,500 homes, three new schools and a new Thameslink station that will give locals a 12-minute commute to central London. This week, revised plans were unveiled for a 15,000-home new district at Greenwich Peninsula.

IMAGE GALLERY: PRICED FROM £235,000 - THE LATEST NEW HOMES IN ZONE 3 HOTSPOTS

Image gallery: new homes in Zone 3 hotspots

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Up-and-coming areas in Zone 3

South: Ladywell, Hither Green, Streatham, Catford, Colliers Wood, Honor Oak, Sydenham, Crystal Palace, West Norwood.
East: Canning Town, Leytonstone, Forest Gate, Royal Docks, Manor Park, Walthamstow.
North: Cricklewood, Harlesden, Hornsey, Tottenham, Park Royal.
West: White City, Acton, Gunnersbury, Brentford, Ealing.

Appealing Ealing
Certainly, there is more joined-up thinking on the regeneration front, with planners seeking to link these more affordable areas to new transport infrastructure. The Overground is being extended east to Barking, while the proposed Bakerloo line extension through South-East London will reach Beckenham.

Crossrail, on schedule to open in 2018, is already injecting fizz into some Zone 3 districts. Ealing is tipped as a big Crossrail winner, because travelling times to Bond Street, the City and Canary Wharf will be almost halved to 15, 20 and 29 minutes respectively.


While many London areas have seen big demographic changes and swings in fashion and status over recent years, Ealing has remained largely itself, with a middle class old guard, an enviable Common and tree-lined spacious streets that appeal to families.

Hoola, a name that was inspired by the hoop-like architecture of its rippling glass-clad twin towers, brings 360 flats to Royal Docks. The landscaped hill on which the towers are built conceals car parking and cycle spaces. Prices from £423,000. Call Savills on 020 7531 2500.

Leyton: ‘freakishly good-value’
Spillover from Zone 2 East End areas, such as Bethnal Green, where the average price is £528,608, has reached Leyton, average price £321,217. The area has no jazzy new skyscrapers or ritzy shopping centre to match nearby Stratford, but it is basking in post-Olympics sunshine, sharing the legacy benefits of the 2012 Games.

See for yourself by strolling down Leyton High Road, where traditional shopfronts have been revitalised with a colourful facelift. The A12 roars through the area, but Leyton has the Lea Valley for a back garden and also borders Hackney Marshes and Wanstead Flats, among the largest areas of open land in London.


Investment-wise, it looks a good bet. The area is jam-packed with Victorian and Edwardian terraces. Homes are not always beautiful, but according to one local estate agent they are “freakishly good-value”, with lots in the £400,000-£650,000 price bracket.

Developers are targeting the area. The Exchange, on Leyton High Road, is a mix of apartments and houses priced from £249,995. Call Bellway on 01689 886400. Fine Old Leyton Town Hall has been acquired, restored and brought back to life after a period of disuse by “community developer” Lea Valley Estates. The listed building is now a space for local businesses, while its great hall is an events venue. The borough’s former technical institute, part of the building, houses a real ale pub and 32 homes are being created within its walls. Call 020 8808 4070, while The Wharf, on the banks of the River Lea, is a development of 124 flats from £345,000. Call 020 8533 4857.



Good-value options

Clapton has Ilan Square at Clapton Common, a tasteful canalside scheme of 38 homes. Two-bedroom flats cost from £420,000. Call Savills on 020 7016 3743. In north London, Golders Green — average price £744,490 — is a cheaper Zone 3 alternative to Hampstead and Belsize Park.

Traditionally it has been a family area, but with quick Northern line links to Soho and the City, it is being discovered by young singles and couples, according to estate agent Greene & Co. The Cascades, with 18 apartments priced from £575,000, is the latest arrival. Call 020 7604 3200.

Smart moves: Adam Connor bought an off-plan flat at Dickens Yard in 2013

'I feel I'm in the heart of London'
In Ealing, developers are bringing a fresh ingredient: cool, town-centre living, attracting young urbanites from Fulham and Putney. With 698 flats set around new public squares and pedestrianised lanes brought to life with shops, restaurants, markets and street theatre, Dickens Yard has become a new town-centre hub. The scheme integrates well with surrounding heritage buildings, including Ealing’s gothic-style town hall, a Victorian church and a fine Thirties fire station.

A smart early-bird buyer was Adam Connor, 24. In 2013, he purchased a one-bedroom apartment off-plan for £250,000. Similar flats are now selling for more than £400,000.

“It’s in Zone 3, but I feel I’m in the heart of London. It really suits my lifestyle. There’s a 24-hour concierge, underground parking, a residents-only spa and gym. Ealing is buzzing with new shops and restaurants, and Crossrail is the icing on the cake.” Prices from £599,950. Call St George on 020 8568 1100.

Source:- http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/buying/new-homes/revealed-the-zone-3-homes-hotspots-tipped-for-growth-42686.html