carriage houses

Vehicle storage structures

A carriage house is a building originally designed to store horse-drawn carriages, typically found on estates or behind main residences.

Many have been converted to garages, guest houses, or independent dwellings: They renovated the old carriage house into a rental unit.

In real estate, the term now often describes any small secondary residence on a property.

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residential hierarchy

carriage housesmain house

Estate's principal residence

primary residence · manor house · estate house · big house · mansion

original purpose

carriage housesliving quarters

Residential rooms or space

family residence · bedchambers · living spaces

architectural scale/grandeur

carriage housesmansion

Large, stately home

manor · estate · palace · stately home · château

Family

carriage, house, carry, carrier, carried, carries, carrying, carriages, houses

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