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muzzy-79@reddit

No, they're not around in any great numbers anywhere outside of Wearside. I love towns that have distinctive working class housing - Leeds back-to-backs, Newcastle's Tyneside flats, Scottish tenements and Sunderland 'cottages'. Often it's local byelaws that dictate type, but in Sunderland it seems to have been abundance of land and local vernacular (in Co. Durham pit villages).

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PeanutBox83@reddit

Lots of these in Scotland, I wish I had one.

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Jayandnightasmr@reddit

Seem a couple, but they were all reserved for pensioners. I wish more small houses were available.

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insomnimax_99@reddit

>I wish more small houses were available. I mean, the UK has some of the smallest housing stock on earth, we already have tiny houses we’re just conditioned into thinking that they’re not.

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younevershouldnt@reddit

Do we really? It seems like a lot more people live in flats on the continent, when I visit.

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cragglerock93@reddit

You're dead right BUT they are small with multiple bedrooms. Very few flats these days are 1 bedroom, at least where I am. So instead of a small flat with one bedroom of moderate size, you get a small flat with two or three tiny bedrooms

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insomnimax_99@reddit

Yes, it’s because we sell properties by the bedroom rather than square footage, so there’s a massive incentive to subdivide properties to increase the number of bedrooms even if they’re all tiny bedrooms. Same with bathrooms, to a lesser extent, it’s better for your property value to have an extra bathroom rather than decent sized bedrooms/living rooms, so developers and property owners will shove extra bathrooms in at the expense of the room size of other rooms. It would be much better for the property market if properties were sold by square footage + room numbers rather than just room numbers.

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Defiant-Dare1223@reddit

I've never understood that. I always demanded square footage or metric equivalent thereof. Changing interior walls isn't a huge deal, at least in pricier parts of the country.

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max1304@reddit

Massive bedrooms and small living spaces wouldn’t work for me though! I have no idea of the area of my house

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Mediocre_Sprinkles@reddit

Yes these look like little almshouses we have in our village.

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younevershouldnt@reddit

That's what I thought. I'm almshouses but with a postwar council vibe.

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herne_hunted@reddit

You and me both. I'm a pensioner alone in a house that's too big now but can't find anywhere smaller to move to. There are plenty of small houses but I want one with space for a few motorcycles in various states of repair. Any small house with that sort of outdoor space gets snapped up by a builder/flipper and gets an extension.

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basarisco@reddit

What's the point?

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bendibus400@reddit

Knew this was Sunderland before I clicked. Never seen them anywhere else, and found it very weird but fascinating when I first visited. Couldn't find much info on why these were chosen over Tyneside flats though, especially considering the brickfields in Sunderland. It's so strange how nowhere else even in the Tyne and Wear region seems to have these style of bungalows either (the ones I've seen further up the coast tend to have a bay window dormer or basement flat, or be Mariner's cottages)

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IceStrict8015@reddit

Thats not quite true. They're dotted throughout County Durham, Northumberland and theres even some nearby where I live in North Tyneside. Theyre a surefire way to tell you're near a form pit if you see these. I think the main difference is prevalence and the long lasting nature of those in SR postcodes and county Durham vs. those further north where they've been cleared for land redevelopment over time.

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Defiant-Dare1223@reddit

Really. I've not seen them anywhere as a local. Granted I don't know County Durham well at all, but Northumberland yes, and I went to school in North Tyneside

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IceStrict8015@reddit

If you're ever passing through hadricks mill roundabout at the edge of gosforth around where the old Brandling pit was there are a row just south of the millstone pub and another row up the hill to the east just past lidl and opposite the school.

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Defiant-Dare1223@reddit

Hadricks mill is my patch (grew up in north Jesmond). They aren't bungalows, but three stories (viewed from the back). They are on a steep hill and you enter on the top floor. There are semi detached bungalows on the other side of the road. (Not sure where the ones near Lidl are - been gone too long).

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IceStrict8015@reddit

No not the ones that drop into the dene, on the western side theres some bungalows from the 1920s. There's plaques on them saying what industries retirees they were built for but not 100% on what organisation it was

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Defiant-Dare1223@reddit

But they are semis right? Or is my mind failing me?

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IceStrict8015@reddit

Aye these ones down by the dene are. Hop on street view and you can see them on the western side https://maps.app.goo.gl/HrQhToH11ywPoAD56

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Gazebo_Warrior@reddit

Yep I've seen them in Northumberland. We'd call them miners cottages - I think they were mainly for retired miners to free up family homes but I'm not certain on that.

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IceStrict8015@reddit

You're absolutely right, miners cottages.

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lucylucylane@reddit

Maybe because of the mining some areas didn't suit taller buildings

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Snarlvlad@reddit

Yeah, where I am it tends to be social housing & lived in by people with mobility difficulties.

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Bloody_Star_Wars@reddit

My grandma lived on Dunbar street in Sunderland.

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honestbitch27@reddit

Do you know what number or year?

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Bloody_Star_Wars@reddit

I’ll ask my mother.

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mauriceminor1964@reddit

I instantly recognised those as Sunderland. There is a street of terraced bungalows in my hometown, but they look very different to this.

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ExileNorth@reddit

The second I saw it I thought "fulwell"

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Intelligent_Mine_121@reddit

I thought 'Seaburn' but that's just because I was thinking of the nearest Metro station.

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ExileNorth@reddit

Seaburn is such a misleading station

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yolo_snail@reddit

Before I even read the post, I just instantly knew it was Sunderland. No idea why. Shame streets like that don't come up on geoguessr!

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killer_giraffe1984@reddit

Same! I lived around the corner from little bungalows just like that when I lived near the uni.

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Somerlouise@reddit

We have quite a few near me (South West seaside town) though they tend to be grey. Some are actually owned by the City of London and are used to free up housing in the city whilst giving older people a place to retire.

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vientianna@reddit

There’s plenty around Ayr, Prestwick, Girvan in Ayrshire

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Belle_TainSummer@reddit

Kilmarnock and the Irvine Valley part of Ayrshire too.

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MobiusNaked@reddit

Yep I’ve seen them in Prestwick

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Houseofsun5@reddit

I thought it was a picture of Ayr until I read the post.

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Prestigious-Garbage5@reddit

Looks like various places in Ayrshire.

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smoking-gnu@reddit

It certainly does, only difference is I’d say the bricks are more likely to be sandstone.

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Prestigious-Garbage5@reddit

Yes, you're probably right.

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Left-Yak-1090@reddit

Fellow South Ayrshire resident 👋

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vientianna@reddit

I’m not yet, just spend a lot of time on Rightmove looking for a house by the sea..

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Left-Yak-1090@reddit

Ah fair play! As long as you're sound, you're more than welcome 😄

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Fragrant_Pain2555@reddit

Weirdly I seen the photo and thought thats strange, I remember seeing loads of them growing up, didn't for a second think they were rare. But I grew up in Ayrshire so thats obviously why. Found an interesting article on them http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/405.html

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acid_breaks@reddit

Also around Midlothian, e.g. Newtongrange.

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PumpkinJambo@reddit

Nitten is where I thought of too, but I couldn’t remember if they had bungalows or if the houses had upstairs too.

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Hambatz@reddit

Lugar

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vientianna@reddit

Bless you

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Belle_TainSummer@reddit

The rarest part is that it hasn't been extended to hell and back. Been a long time since I saw a neat little terraced bungalow like that. But yeah, the base bungalow was fairly common in Ayrshire. Just people tended to add extra floors (and big rear, garden consuming, extensions too) to them in the 80s and 90s.

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KeyJunket1175@reddit

not in the UK. But most houses are ground floor only in part of Europe where I come from so this looks like the typical terraced house, albeit much smaller.

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Scared-Room-9962@reddit

Reminds me of Sunderland, Roker in particular.

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

It is Sunderland, this photo is Hendon I think

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LittleUglyBug@reddit

Still have them in north east villages.

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MissingScore777@reddit

Aren't these just the classic 'aged miners homes'? See them all over the North East not just Sunderland. I assumed they existed elsewhere too but maybe not.

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Defiant-Dare1223@reddit

Where else in the NE? In Newcastle there's semi detached bungalows but I can't think of terraced ones. Certainly not of this period (late Victorian). Perhaps occasionally older almshouse type.

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MissingScore777@reddit

There's some in Spennymoor and Bishop Auckland off the top of my head but definitely seen them in more places than that.

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Myorangecrush77@reddit

Rowlands gill, Tanfield Lea… and probably some j. Stanley.

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Myorangecrush77@reddit

https://maps.app.goo.gl/t3NkQnz73ZDLzSzC9?g_st=ic Tan field lea

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CTLNBRN@reddit

I’m on a bus that’s just gone past some in High Farm/Battle Hill area in North Tyneside. Albeit they all have dormer windows in the roof so not sure if it’s technically the same

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

We have different styled ones for miners. These are everywhere in Sunderland, particularly Hendon, Pallion, Southwick areas. They're linked to ship building apparently, and a few people have mentioned them in some other places like Dublin or certain areas of Scotland. The general consensus seems to be other places have similar but these are quite novel to most!

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Myorangecrush77@reddit

https://maps.app.goo.gl/5y2xp2tpouSzbwcv7 Rowlands Gill.

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Myorangecrush77@reddit

Miners retirement cottages. Common up north.

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ComprehensiveAd8815@reddit

There’s a street of them in Hartlepool. Very northern approach to housing for older and disabled people.

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Mjukplister@reddit

I’ve only seen these in Ireland tbh

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MrD-88@reddit

Soon as I saw that I thought Sunderland lol

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theroch_@reddit

Used to live in Millfield Sunderland, lots of them there

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Outrageous_Shake2926@reddit

There is a row of terraced 1960's bungalows in Amersham.

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Conspiruhcy@reddit

Very common in parts of Scotland, particularly small villages

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Dic_Penderyn@reddit

Terraced bungalows are in no way unique. They are to be had in Barry, for example https://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/71613805/?search_identifier=5d8a2cf9434d19625ae579a4e9213ff746d5311c3ccfb9cb2c737ba6c5f5fab7

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Dutch_Slim@reddit

Similar but bigger front gardens/wider pavements, for the elderly/disabled, in my part of Essex. Nowhere near as characterful and cute as this!

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

It's so strange seeing so many comment how cute they are, as they aren't often perceived that way round here! Although I quite like them, and anything that has such a strong link to the past is fascinating by me!

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Dutch_Slim@reddit

I really like them, and like you I’m fascinated by these little historical connections 😊

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beerdappel@reddit

We have some terraced bungalows in East London https://preview.redd.it/su4axqexi0ag1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1bed58f08d7649c3abd26b97247098894f4bbcf5

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forgottenoldusername@reddit

Christ that's grim

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Chevalitron@reddit

Even the road is trying to escape.

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Collingss@reddit

Crazy that I immediately recognized the building style in the background as being near the external shot of Lou and Andy's house from Little Brittain. It's not the exact building but this picture is about 0.1 miles down the road (I live nowhere near London).

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Dependent_One6034@reddit

Bet they're fun to live in during hail storms.

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joshii87@reddit

Or any rain, or even a fleet-footed sparrow.

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FletchLives99@reddit

If you mean terraced 1-1.5 storey homes, there are some near me in London. But they're 60s or 70s vintage. Built, I think, as local authority homes for older people. Ofc, they look like a terrible waste of space now, but when London was depopulating in the 50s, 60s and 70s, they probably made sense.

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PomegranateEither768@reddit

Im genuinely surprised so many places don't have these! I even have them on the newbuild estate I live on, I thought terraced bungalows were very common!

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Raspberry-Lavender@reddit

Yes I’ve seen a few around Northumberland before

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Unhappy_Clue701@reddit

We have terraced bungalows near me in Kent, but they are much newer than OP’s pic. They look more like 1970s style to me. Also they are wider - the door is central and there’s a room either side, plus the front garden is deep enough for a car to park. I get the impression they are very much for elderly residents, based on several houses in the terrace having wheelchair ramps at the front door, and hand railings along the short path to the pavement.

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

UPDATE: Thank you for all the replies! It sounds like they are relatively rare outside of Sunderland / County Durham, Dublin, and some parts of Scotland! Someone kindly posted this history of them here: [https://www.twsitelines.info/SMR/13789](https://www.twsitelines.info/SMR/13789) and for those asking, here is a typical street showing these homes: [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cairo+St,+Hendon,+Sunderland/@54.8923403,-1.3696676,3a,75y,332.26h,87.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sM24Ep80la1rQhi6WuM4BSA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb\_client%3Dmaps\_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.8345946998097986%26panoid%3DM24Ep80la1rQhi6WuM4BSA%26yaw%3D332.2622160076158!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x487e66eb4e3bfe49:0xdf3613d48da380b0!8m2!3d54.8922113!4d-1.3695087!16s%2Fg%2F1trqgsc0?entry=ttu&g\_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cairo+St,+Hendon,+Sunderland/@54.8923403,-1.3696676,3a,75y,332.26h,87.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sM24Ep80la1rQhi6WuM4BSA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.8345946998097986%26panoid%3DM24Ep80la1rQhi6WuM4BSA%26yaw%3D332.2622160076158!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x487e66eb4e3bfe49:0xdf3613d48da380b0!8m2!3d54.8922113!4d-1.3695087!16s%2Fg%2F1trqgsc0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)

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ceborame@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/1b2v15xvq2ag1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b06da74526f7271f8403b1b4a28cff34d3503d0 This is Burnley, and interestingly it's Sunderland St

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

No way! That's quite similar too!

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Sweaty-Adeptness1541@reddit

It is odd to build a terrance that is single storey. A terrace suggests that space is at a premium, but a single storey is the opposite.

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JustAnotherFEDev@reddit

I've seen very similar before, when working near Pembroke Dock. I'm sure I went inside one, as it was a pub that sold food: I can't be arsed to mooch around PD on street view, but found [this one](https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/160097837#/?channel=RES_BUY) in an old Rightmove listing. I'm sure some were more like the image OP posted, with just 1 front window

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

No I've never seen a 1 storey terraced home. Adorable! What is it like inside? Give me a street name and I'll look up properties online. I am curious what the layout is like!

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

This is a common street to what I mean: [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cairo+St,+Hendon,+Sunderland/@54.8923403,-1.3696676,3a,75y,332.26h,87.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sM24Ep80la1rQhi6WuM4BSA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb\_client%3Dmaps\_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.8345946998097986%26panoid%3DM24Ep80la1rQhi6WuM4BSA%26yaw%3D332.2622160076158!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x487e66eb4e3bfe49:0xdf3613d48da380b0!8m2!3d54.8922113!4d-1.3695087!16s%2Fg%2F1trqgsc0?entry=ttu&g\_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cairo+St,+Hendon,+Sunderland/@54.8923403,-1.3696676,3a,75y,332.26h,87.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sM24Ep80la1rQhi6WuM4BSA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.8345946998097986%26panoid%3DM24Ep80la1rQhi6WuM4BSA%26yaw%3D332.2622160076158!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x487e66eb4e3bfe49:0xdf3613d48da380b0!8m2!3d54.8922113!4d-1.3695087!16s%2Fg%2F1trqgsc0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) Inside you typically have 2 / 3 bedrooms, and they're a lot bigger than they look! Usually a bedroom at the front, maybe two, one in the middle, and then a living room bang in the centre with a kitchen out the back. Typically you walk through the kitchen to get to the bathroom

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I_will_never_reply@reddit

An old industrial solution for when land was cheap but bricks were expensive, now the opposite

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Most_Moose_2637@reddit

Weirdly there's a few quite local similar in Jesmond but they're two or three storeys at the back because they're on a deep cut. New Brighton on the Wirral has a few houses like this too which are good for businesses - single storey facing one road but the business owner has a two storey house below. Front: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Cbbcd6ToZFCfCzx46?g_st=ac Back: https://maps.app.goo.gl/efMUBh22FpRELrKA9?g_st=ac In Sunderland I suspect there's not the benefit of being cut into a steep hill. 😬

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

The houses you put in that link are incredible, but they are very different to what I refer to! More like this: [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cairo+St,+Hendon,+Sunderland/@54.8923403,-1.3696676,3a,75y,332.26h,87.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sM24Ep80la1rQhi6WuM4BSA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb\_client%3Dmaps\_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.8345946998097986%26panoid%3DM24Ep80la1rQhi6WuM4BSA%26yaw%3D332.2622160076158!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x487e66eb4e3bfe49:0xdf3613d48da380b0!8m2!3d54.8922113!4d-1.3695087!16s%2Fg%2F1trqgsc0?entry=ttu&g\_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cairo+St,+Hendon,+Sunderland/@54.8923403,-1.3696676,3a,75y,332.26h,87.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sM24Ep80la1rQhi6WuM4BSA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.8345946998097986%26panoid%3DM24Ep80la1rQhi6WuM4BSA%26yaw%3D332.2622160076158!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x487e66eb4e3bfe49:0xdf3613d48da380b0!8m2!3d54.8922113!4d-1.3695087!16s%2Fg%2F1trqgsc0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)

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Defiant-Dare1223@reddit

On Matthew bank. I think they are mostly / entirely three story as you say - so not really similar despite front appearances. They are big. I have a 3-story enter at the top house myself many years and miles on.

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Weekly_Landscape_459@reddit

Is there an explanation for them?

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

Yeah, apparently they were built for the shipbuilders and their families back when Sunderland was a huge ship building town. Someone has kindly posted this which explains more about them: [https://www.twsitelines.info/SMR/13789](https://www.twsitelines.info/SMR/13789)

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MarieB22@reddit

Here’s a history of them… https://www.twsitelines.info/SMR/13789

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

Cheers for this!

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Hambatz@reddit

I’m pretty sure the bogs goons be by the back door off the kitchen

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

Yeah, a nice walk by your tea cooking on the stove to visit the toilet!

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ScarletScotYew@reddit

You get a lot in Scotland. My dad usually refers to them as the 'miners cottages'-- not sure how true that is but like you should probably associated with some sort of industry/shipbuilding

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

I've seen a few people from different mining areas say the same. Sunderland was a strong mining and shipbuilding town, and we had different style ones for miners

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AlexG55@reddit

I've seen a few but they tend to be almshouses like these, which makes sense as they were built for poor elderly people who might not be able to manage stairs. https://preview.redd.it/jymghsoss0ag1.jpeg?width=1300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3f9371329a61f72546f59564e659aecff2387b5

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

Looks more like a nice little train station! Beautiful homes

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UmlautsAndRedPandas@reddit

I've not seen terraced bungalows like these before in the UK, but I have seen similar properties advertised online over in Ireland.

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

This makes sense given Dublin has a strong shipbuilding past too

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cragglerock93@reddit

Yeah, although they're found in a few areas of the UK, they definitely also remind me of inner city Dublin.

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lambaroo@reddit

i've definitely seen some in dublin (ringsend area) and in ayrshire

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cragglerock93@reddit

These are typical in mining communities are they not? You see them in Midlothian (where I'm not from). Where I am (Inverness) you see similar houses in a slightly different context - in a quite nice residential area next to the city centre. I think it's mostly pensioners living there, or they're now holiday lets

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

Sunderland was a huge mining and ship building town, so this makes sense. I read that these particular ones were built for ship builders, as we have different style ones for miners often around the pits, but makes sense either way!

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tankingtonIII@reddit

There are loads of these in [Dublin, Gerald St](https://maps.app.goo.gl/DV3m42zopKJeGV4a6)

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

I think this is the first suggestion I've seen which actually looks similar to a lot that are in Sunderland! In fact if I didn't know better, I'd have guessed that was the Pallion area of Sunderland! Thanks!

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LittleGateaux@reddit

I thought I was looking at one of the collieries, I could tell it was somewhere in the North, I guess. I live in Teesside for context.

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jayritchie@reddit

How are they to live in? There seem to be a lot in Roker which looks a good place to live?

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

I'm not sure, I've never lived in one before but been in a few that friends have owned. My memory of them is that they are a lot bigger than you expect from the outside, but often in areas that have a bit of crime. I always quite liked them. There's something pretty humble about them, just decent houses for decent people!

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Fun-Calligrapher2363@reddit

Only ever seen these in Sunderland, I've lived in one. We didn't have a front wall though, the front window was directly onto the street. They usually have the same layout too. A front bedroom which would have originally been the sitting room. A second, smaller bedroom which would have originally been the kitchen. A lounge which would have been the original bedroom. They was no bathroom when they were first built, the tenants would have to pull a tin bath in front of the lounge fire. There would be a shared toilet at the end of the back yard. Imagine having to share a toilet with your neighbours. They now all have a long, thin extension on the back of house, with a gally style kitchen. Usually with a bathroom at the end. Never got used to having a bathroom off the kitchen. I had the bedroom at the front. One night I'd opened the little top window for air and I was woken by the curtains jiggling. Half asleep, I just thought it was the wind. I eventually realized that someone had stuck their arm though the window and were trying to pull the curtains back. I was absolutely startled when a torch was shone into my face.

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graeme_1988@reddit (OP)

this template of layout is pretty much exactly like every one I've ever been in! Always found it so strange that the living room was pretty much in the middle of the house, often with little natural light!

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Nuker-79@reddit

Seen these all over the place on my travels, I predominately drive around the north east, to most hospitals in all towns/cities in between Leeds and Newcastle.

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Milam1996@reddit

I’ve seen terraced bungalows but they tend to be squares with the bottom cut off

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Collingss@reddit

These are common in Sunderland, especially Hendon, but are generally quite common in lots of mining towns in the north east. There's some similar in Shotton Colliery, Easington Colliery, Hetton-le-hole and Bishop Auckland.

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UniquePotato@reddit

Yes, many were built post war by the council and are mainly lived in by pensioners

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wandering_light_12@reddit

Scotland? Feels like a modern version of a crofters cottage.

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Defiant-Dare1223@reddit

It would be in depressing pebble dash in Scotland.

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Madyakker@reddit

They tend to be [sandstone in Scotland](https://maps.app.goo.gl/s7c41mQCv6MMD1b9A).

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SoggyWotsits@reddit

Most terraced bungalows I can think of are owned by the council and for old people. They’re not quite as pretty as the ones above!

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ThatThingInTheCorner@reddit

Just realised I've never seen a terraced bungalow before

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SoggyWotsits@reddit

There are lots around my way. As someone else said they’re usually for old people and owned by the council. They’re often grey and soulless though, but some are nicer red brick ones.

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MokausiLietuviu@reddit

My nana lived in one in her last few years, when getting up the stairs in her own home to go to the bathroom was increasingly difficult. The council had an entire street of them - 1 bed terraced bungalows.

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Chimpville@reddit

It feels illogical...

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r0ball@reddit

A ~~two up~~ two down

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Kitty_Smith@reddit

I live in a terraced bungalow in a village in North Yorkshire. Teeny tiny but cheaper to heat because of it. It really increases funeral attendance though. The council moves a new neighbour in, you get to know them and old age shuffles the pack again.

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CitronShot2@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/45xtj0l5o3ag1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8c9437e97217c86edee32c753e4e91dab452d17 There’s a road in Bristol that has single story bay window terraces as well as double fronted sash windows

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Defiant-Dare1223@reddit

As a Geordie I saw this and instantly thought of Sunderland.

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rmeechan@reddit

”Of course they are!” Just found out I tricked myself into believing these were not unique to Sunderland. They look like mini-versions of something similar, also in NE.

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TheMackemMan@reddit

Came to say yes I live in one, in Sunderland.

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Future_Direction5174@reddit

Seen similar in Scotland, but not down in Dorset. We do have some semi-detached bungalows which are usually for council or housing association and are for the disabled. Also when a property is on the side of a hill with the front being elevated and the rear being a lot lower they can look similar to the photo. https://preview.redd.it/ejxxbwwpe3ag1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32bcfa65b19890950072c37ff06ab3448ce5c8dd This is a HOUSE not a bungalow. The rear is three storey with the kitchen at the bottom, a living room and a bathroom on the middle and 2 further bedrooms at the rear top floor. The window next to the front door that you can see is a bedroom.

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Entire-Emotion-819@reddit

There's few around where I live in Scotland, I was moved into one temporarily last year when my own house was getting the heating upgraded, and I loved it to bits, it was so frickin cosy, I didn't wanna leave.

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Dense_Replacement181@reddit

See this a lot in scotland, but with different brick (big grey pieces)

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xander012@reddit

No, we have terraces, we have bungalows but not combined

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Asher-D@reddit

My MIL lives in something similar, it's a semi though, it's not terraced.

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RandomUser5453@reddit

Yes,I live close to a row of this. I think they are cute.

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vetinaris-vizier@reddit

I grew up on this exact kind of street, in Sunderland, but we called them "miners' cottages" because the village was built around a colliery and not the shipbuilding industry.

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QGRr2t@reddit

Terrace bungalows are quite common in the north west too.

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ignatiusjreillyXM@reddit

I've seen terraced single storey houses in Fife, I think (although it's more common there that they have a very low second storey, often accessed via an external staircase).. but not anywhere further south

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BangingHot@reddit

Grosvenor Place, Margate has some houses up on a hill above the old town that look similar at street level but the ground level is actually the top floor.

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FlatCapNorthumbrian@reddit

Sunderland Cottage.

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Extension_Sun_377@reddit

When I saw your pic, I thought Sunderland, they're they only place I've seen these, although we have similar in Lancaster, but with two storey ones either side. https://preview.redd.it/en4w6iljk1ag1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bcf6097642cc56df3eaa7b15106607f9220f9fc5

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Extension_Sun_377@reddit

Mostly corner link bungalows but a few together but not like the Sunderland long terraces https://preview.redd.it/qs1epcirl1ag1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc3cb1f21a7f602e8485b85366651ed76151ff55

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lucylucylane@reddit

Definitely Sunderland

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autofill-name@reddit

Would have been demolished 30 years ago.

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littlesebastian2@reddit

Loads where i grew up in Scotland. We called them Miners’ Rows

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ooral@reddit

There are some in Carnbroe, near Airdrie/Coatbridge in Scotland. Just a small row...

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Boudicat@reddit

I vaguely remember a handful of modern terraced bungalows somewhere in Hackney that I used to pass on the bus, but otherwise not seen anything like this.

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OhCleo@reddit

The only terraced bungalow houses I’ve seen around here are retirement/over-55s homes. Purpose built for aging folks. I’m in Leicestershire.

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Ellend821@reddit

I am from the south east but have a few friends in Sunderland from uni days. 3 of them now own these little cottages and they are amazing - absolutely huge inside with tall ceilings and original features, as well as being super reasonable cost wise.

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sparklybeast@reddit

There are a few of these on outskirts of Bradford, although those are in a more dilapidated condition.

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Drstrangelove899@reddit

There are semi detached bungalows in my area but I've never seen terraced ones!

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Acceptable-Extent-94@reddit

My parents bought one after they retired. Fantastic house and despite looking tiny it had 3 bedrooms. Roker is one of the nicest neighbourhoods in Sunlun.

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Antique-Bid-5588@reddit

Definitely a thing in Ireland fwiw

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Drummk@reddit

Not a lot of brick finishings up in Scotland.

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Disastrous_Style_477@reddit

Yes can confirm we have them in Murton, little village just outside of Sunderland

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Drwynyllo@reddit

*> Are these ’terraced bungalows’ (which we call cottages) really unique to the history of Sunderland, or have you also got them in your town / city?* Locations of terraced bungalows for sale in England & Wales (and a bit of Scotland, but the map wouldn't zoom out any further), according to OnTheMarket - [https://www.onthemarket.com/for-sale/terraced-bungalow/uk/?view=map-only](https://www.onthemarket.com/for-sale/terraced-bungalow/uk/?view=map-only) https://preview.redd.it/bfximztzv0ag1.png?width=705&format=png&auto=webp&s=17e9a8884fa20437ef4659ed7510e310d33689e5

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Euronymous316@reddit

Loads of bungalows in Derry that are semi detached or terraced, eg [this street](https://maps.app.goo.gl/YXffjYvH7gzUAtc8A) in the waterside

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Icy-Initial2107@reddit

Classic heat sink windows, who doesn't love them?

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CommandSuch5806@reddit

Unfortunately in these terraced houses, unless either side of you are clean people repair holes and have cats, mice are a big problem as they travel through lofts and under floors between terraced houses.

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alrighttreacle11@reddit

I've only ever seen rows of cottages for eldely/disabled council ones not ones like this

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WanderWomble@reddit

Knew it would be Sunderland. I've never seen them anywhere else though we do have something similar in Hartlepool. https://maps.app.goo.gl/iknQmySAxxcQf7th6?g_st=ac I believe they were Alms Houses though!

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Kbalternative@reddit

Yes. I’m in Northern Ireland and we have these.

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Jale89@reddit

There are some at the end of my road in Leamington Spa. Those ones are council houses for less mobile but still independent pensioners. I imagine that's the main use for them outside of Sunderland.

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syphonuk@reddit

Fife here. Loads of them in the smaller villages around here, particularly those in coal mining areas.

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Salt-Evidence-6834@reddit

They have some in Boldon Colliery, so not too far away, probably built for miners.

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No_Promotion_65@reddit

There’s a few in norwich

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gthou@reddit

Quite a few similar "miners cottages" in the old Northumberland pit villages.

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0800happydude@reddit

Nope, I don't think I have ever seen those in Bristol. It's too built up. Closest thing would be a two-up, two down terrace house.

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ciderspider7@reddit

There’s a few on Evans Road in Redland, but yeah not common in Bristol at all

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BreqsCousin@reddit

The only time I've seen a terraced bungalow is in retirement communities

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Hot-Acanthisitta8086@reddit

Bunga terrace ?

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BG3restart@reddit

Yes, we have terraced bungalows in the Midlands but they're earmarked for the elderly.

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lelypie@reddit

Sunderland here, I’ve been all over the country and never noticed it was mostly a local thing. Probably why I recognised it as home straight away.

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yearsofpractice@reddit

Yeah - have seen them in Darlington too

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whatrachelsaid@reddit

I have mostly seen them in former mining communities, in Scotland. Originally built as housing for the miners, close to the mines.

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PandaPrimary3421@reddit

The old none up two down

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anabsentfriend@reddit

I've seen some of these in different places. They were built for pensioners and usually only have one bedroom.

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palishkoto@reddit

Never seen ones that look like that in my part of Devon!

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UnnecessaryRoughness@reddit

Looks like a "two-down"

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Isgortio@reddit

I've seen terraced bungalows, if that's what you're asking? There are some in Preston that I had a wheelchair bound client living in, and there are some in Featherstone (Leeds) which I think were also disability housing.

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skankhunt_42@reddit

Yeah thought of Sunderland straight away, very common style of home in the town.

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PristineLog7@reddit

I live in one, I saw a TV show about 20 years ago that stated they are unique to Sunderland.

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DizzyMine4964@reddit

Semi detached bungalows, yes.

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sleepyprojectionist@reddit

That’s almost identical to my mum’s one-bedroom, terraced bungalow in Darlington.

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handstand2013@reddit

Yes Sunderland cottages! Like a little tardis inside

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cgknight1@reddit

I've never seen anything like that, and I'm nearly 50, having travelled up and down the country. The nearest I can think of in *urban* landscapes is a landlord converting a garage or something... Otherwise, we do have actual cottages of similar sizes in Shropshire, where I'm from, but they look very different and are far older.

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Doomergeneration@reddit

I’ve never seen those before, kind of cute

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