What are most of the architectural styles in London?

British homes are built in both timber-framed and brick structures. The planning, the content and the form of the buildings reflect the characteristics of the era in which they were built.

British houses are constructed of timber frame and brick. Wooden houses are generally located in the center of the chimney, brick houses are generally located on both sides of the chimney, chimneys are obvious and delicate.

Each floor of the British residential style house has more than one room, which consists of a central hall for eating and living, as well as a kitchen, pantry, pantry, attic and solarium, etc., which can be said to be small, all the five organs. The roofs of English folk-style houses are mostly side triangular and steeper, with very little decoration on the eaves.

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More than 100 years ago, with the construction of the Middle East Railway, a large number of foreign immigrants came to Harbin. Along with the cover up of the residence, most of the Russian style, whether it is board plus mud or brick and wood structure, the roof like to use a sloping roof or double-sloping roof of the foreign iron cover.

The use of such materials, in order to easily remove snow from the roof of the cold zone. In contrast, English-style homes prefer a four-pitch or double-pitch roof with a steeper slope and red tiles. Another feature of this British-style architecture is the choice of a wooded and waterfront environment to build an idyllic house with a rural feel.

The English-style houses on Tongxing Street have a tiger window in the middle of the four-pitched roof covered with red tiles, forming a mountain flower, with a semi-circular window in the center, thus emphasizing the entrance and exit of the house.

The left and right double doors in the center have steps, and above the door is a rain hitch held up by two wooden brackets. The brackets, commonly known as ox-legs, later evolved into decorative elements of the building, but on the British houses in Tongxing Street, the ox-legs remain in a more primitive state, which is rare to see today. The red brick fa?ade is simple and delicate.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Harbin British-style residential