English bungalow
During the 1920s and 1930s many builders blank" >turned to an target="_blank" >glossary/alternative/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="5f2f86d4d8e90fa5d8523c68bed5482f" target="_blank" >alternative bungalow design, the English bungalow. The planes suggested by low gables were filled in, so solid walls were tied to the gables. The open-gable/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="93b9c0dd87bd1ed7f537a8ab32f3b630" target="_blank" >open gable gave Way to mass in receding planes. The result was a compact brick or stucco house with successive gables and different motifs on each wall/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="7d142dabcdfaaff5b39ed7aa1a22fa01" target="_blank" >gable wall. The English bungalow included from one to three gables, a terrace usually on the street side, and an end-wall fireplace chimney. Gables were steep but not broad; one raking cornice of the gable often descended far below the wall line, even to ground level. Some gables served as screens behind which the entrance door was set, parallel to the street and hidden from view. Other features included varied window placement and size, combinations of cladding, a combination of roof forms (a hip on one end and clipped gable on the other), decorative louvers in the gables, arches, brickwork/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="4bdc114d4e817be50856e92a2bafb690" target="_blank" >ornamental brickwork, and shingled roofs. All this produced a cozy five- or six-room house whose facade could look different from that of its neighbors…