![]() ![]() Courtyard houses are also common in Islamic architecture. In Ancient Roman architecture courtyard houses were built around an atrium. Monumental construction on this scale is unknown elsewhere during this period. They range between 250 and 700 square meters (about 2,700 and 7,500 square feet) in area. The houses consist of a central courtyard surrounded by several small rooms. 6400–6000 BC (calibrated), in the Neolithic Yarmukian site at Sha'ar HaGolan, in the central Jordan Valley, on the northern bank of the Yarmouk River, giving the site a special significance in architectural history. The courtyard house makes its first appearance ca. History Plan of a Roman courtyard house Courtyard houses in Beijing In England the courtyard house was a popular design for large houses in the sixteenth century, after noblemen had stopped building themselves castles, but before thoughts of defence were altogether forgotten in the planning of country houses. Courtyard houses of this type occupy an intermediate position between a castle or fortress, where defence is the primary design consideration, and more modern plans in which defence is not a consideration at all. The main rooms of a courtyard house often open onto the courtyard, and the exterior walls may be windowless and/or semi-fortified and/or surrounded by a moat. Blenheim Palace in England is an example of such a house. For example, large houses often have small courtyards surrounded by service rooms or corridors, but the main rooms are not disposed around a courtyard. Many houses that have courtyards are not courtyard houses of the type covered by this article. Style of building The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, a typical example of an English medieval courtyard houseĪ courtyard house is a type of house-often a large house-where the main part of the building is disposed around a central courtyard. ![]()
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