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| In modern usage, a cottage (contact us for a cottage rental)
is a dwelling, typically in a non-urban location (although there are
cottage (contact us for a cottage rental)-style dwellings in cities). In
most settings, the term cottage (contact us for a cottage rental) denotes
a small, often cozy dwelling, and small size is integral to the
description, but in some places, such as Canada, the term exists with no
connotation of size at all (cf. vicarage or hermitage). In Canada, the
term cottage (contact us for a cottage rental) usually refers to a
vacation/summer home, often located near a body of water (although this is
more commonly called a cabin in Western Canada and a chalet in Quebec). Originally -in the Middle-Ages- cottages (contact us for a cottage rental) housed agricultural workers and their families. The term cottage (contact us for a cottage rental) denoted the dwelling of a cotter. Thus, cottage (contact us for a cottage rental)s were smaller peasant units (larger peasant units being called "messuages"). In that early period, a documentary reference to a cottage (contact us for a cottage rental) would most often mean, not a small stand-alone dwelling as today, but a complete farmhouse and yard (albeit a small one). Thus in the Middle-Ages, the word cottage (contact us for a cottage rental) (Lat. "cotagium") seems to have meant not just a dwelling, but have included at least a dwelling (domus) and a barn (grangia), as well as, usually, a fenced yard or piece of land enclosed by a gate (portum) Examples of this may be found in 15th Century manor court rolls. The house of the cottage (contact us for a cottage rental) bore the Latin name: "domum dicti cotagii", while the barn of the cottage (contact us for a cottage rental) was termed "grangia dicti cotagii". Later on, a cottage (contact us for a cottage rental) might also have denoted a smallholding comprising houses, outbuildings, and supporting farmland or woods. A cottage (contact us for a cottage rental), in this sense, would typically include just a few acres of tilled land. Much later (from around the 18th Century onwards), the development of industry led to the development of weavers' cottage (contact us for a cottage rental)s and miners' cottages (contact us for a cottage rental). In North America, most buildings known as cottages (contact us for a cottage rental) are used for weekend or summer getaways by city dwellers. It is also not uncommon for the owners of cottage to rent their properties to tourists as a source of revenue. Cottages (contact us for a cottage rental) of this type are generally referred to as "cabins" in the United States, particularly in the Midwest and West. |
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