Bungalow

A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is typically single- or one-and-a-half-storey. If a smaller upper storey exists, then it is frequently set in the roof and windows that come out from the roof. It may be surrounded by wide verandas. The first house in England that was classified as a bungalow was built in 1869. The term bungalow is derived from the word bangla and used elliptically to mean "a house in the Bengal style". In the U.S. bungalows were first built as a vacation architecture...