All I know is that is is not quite a house but not quite a flat/apartment.
2007-11-15 01:25:30 · 10 answers · asked by pinkstuff 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
OK, in old manor houses and mansions you'd have a separate building and area for coaches and horses - that's what the coach house is. Kinda like an old-school garage. Anyway, it'll be a small cottage type thing.
2007-11-15 01:33:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
In the 16/17/18th and 19th centuries people only travelled around by horse or coach & horses. It used to take weeks to travel from one end of the country to the other so there were rest houses, Inns and coach houses scattered about the country along the routes that the roads took. Passengers going on long journeys would put up in either the rest houses or inns but the coach drivers and horses used to rest in the coach houses. They had arched entrances that were big enough to allow the coaches to drive through and stables to accommodate the horses and grooms. Coach houses are very desirable dwellings, there aren't that many of them left and they are very quirky which is what a lot of people are looking for. They are nothing like flats or apartments, there is a lot more to them than a few rooms unless they have been 'renovated' and split into several living spaces.
2007-11-15 01:42:16 · answer #2 · answered by ☞H.Potter☜ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A coach house is an external, separate building in which a coach was kept.
There is a thing for converting these now, much the same a former barns are done.
Here's the definition from an on line dictionary:
coach house
–noun a small building, usually part of an estate or adjacent to a main house, used for housing coaches, carriages, and other vehicles.
there's a link below if you want to take a look.
Don't try wikipedia for it, they have nothing!
2007-11-15 01:41:38 · answer #3 · answered by dietbru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will be a very old property - which was used as an overnight stop for a Coach and Horses + passengers. There are many of these throughout the country. If you do get offered one at a reasonable price - GET A FULL SURVEY. If this is satisfactory - then proceed to completion. They make good homes (with lots of history), PLUS they make a good investment. You can track prices at www.coachhouse.com/prices They come in all sizes - the larger ones are used for B and B and Country Holidays. Many have been converted - again, get a survey and ensure all conversions have the necessary Planning Permission.
GOOD LUCK...............................
2007-11-15 01:49:14 · answer #4 · answered by tonyflair2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Coachhouse, of latter day, was usually on a road of some type, main or By. It was a stopping off place for Coaches, Rider and their Horses. There they would rest and water the Horses and take a pint or two in the bar together with a meal. Today's version would be something like Little Chef maybe.
2007-11-15 06:22:48 · answer #5 · answered by 40inApril 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A coach house is usually situated up a driveway, its where the coach (no, not National Express!) and the horses used to be kept overnight to continue their journey the following day.
2007-11-15 09:37:44 · answer #6 · answered by cornishmaid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A coach house was the building in which the coaches of yesteryear were put to keep them dry and secure.We use garages for the same reason.Coach houses were frequently
next to the stables.
2007-11-15 01:35:47 · answer #7 · answered by HELEN LOOKING4 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Although the above may well be true, if it is a modern property this refers to a flat over a driveway and garage.
2007-11-16 04:45:25 · answer #8 · answered by jamieukonline 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It tends to be smaller,because it was used to put a horse drawn coach inside when it wasn't in use.
2007-11-15 01:33:59 · answer #9 · answered by just me 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a cottage along side a big house
2007-11-15 02:23:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋