United Kingdom Bungalow



bungalow in britain


the first 2 bungalows in england built in westgate-on-sea in 1869 or 1870. bungalow prefabricated single-story building used seaside holiday home. manufacturers included boulton & paul ltd, made corrugated iron bungalows advertised in 1889 catalogue, erected men on purchaser s light brickwork foundation. example castle bungalow @ peppercombe, north devon owned landmark trust; built boulton , paul in 1920s. construction of type of bungalow peaked towards end of decade, replaced brick construction.


bungalows became popular in united kingdom between 2 world wars , large numbers built, particularly in coastal resorts, giving rise pejorative adjective, bungaloid , first found in daily express 1927: hideous allotments , bungaloid growth make approaches city repulsive . many villages , seaside resorts have large estates of 1960s bungalows, occupied retired people. typical 1930s bungalow square in plan, of 1960s more oblong. rare term bungalow used in british english denote dwelling having other single storey, in case chalet bungalow , (see below) used.








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