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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Some introductory events were held at the Foundation’s town house, which holds much of Foster’s archive of drawings, sketchbooks, and models.
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Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
In a 1999 interview with WWD about the debut of another one of his Mercer Street eateries, Canteen, McDonald recalled what Eileen Ford told him as a 16-year-old, during a visit to her Manhattan town house.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025
For a town house in Notting Hill, Banda sourced a vintage Sesann sofa by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina.
—Sarah Archer, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
Lynch spent his 13 months of house arrest in a Pacific Heights town house with panoramic views of San Francisco, five bedrooms, four fireplaces, and au pair’s quarters (all at his own expense).
—airmail.news, 19 Aug. 2024
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Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
In a 1999 interview with WWD about the debut of another one of his Mercer Street eateries, Canteen, McDonald recalled what Eileen Ford told him as a 16-year-old, during a visit to her Manhattan town house.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025
For a town house in Notting Hill, Banda sourced a vintage Sesann sofa by Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina.
—Sarah Archer, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
Lynch spent his 13 months of house arrest in a Pacific Heights town house with panoramic views of San Francisco, five bedrooms, four fireplaces, and au pair’s quarters (all at his own expense).
—airmail.news, 19 Aug. 2024
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“Town house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20house. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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