town house
noun
1
: a usually single-family house of two or sometimes three stories that is usually connected to a similar house by a common sidewall
also
: row house
2
: a house in town
specifically
: the city residence of one having a country seat or having a chief residence elsewhere
stayed at their town house during the social season
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The building’s exterior is a picturesque red-brick town house while the interiors of At Sloane, designed by Francois-Joseph Graf, are a prevailing ambiance of tactful contemporary chic.
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Laura Itzkowitz, Architectural Digest, 24 June 2024
Bass said affordable housing includes small ranchers and town houses for first-time homebuyers.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2024
The Turtle Bay town house where the editor Robert Gottlieb spent much of his life backs onto a communal garden, shared by the entire block.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
According to court documents, Meiko Locksley, 25, was found shot in front of a town house in the 5500 block of Harpers Farm Road in Columbia, and Kennedy — who lived a block away — was one of three people who called 911.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2024
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Laura Itzkowitz, Architectural Digest, 24 June 2024
Bass said affordable housing includes small ranchers and town houses for first-time homebuyers.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2024
The Turtle Bay town house where the editor Robert Gottlieb spent much of his life backs onto a communal garden, shared by the entire block.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
According to court documents, Meiko Locksley, 25, was found shot in front of a town house in the 5500 block of Harpers Farm Road in Columbia, and Kennedy — who lived a block away — was one of three people who called 911.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Town house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20house. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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