Meaning of Dutch billy | Babel Free

Definitions

A kind of terraced house with distinctive curved gables, formerly common in Dublin and other Irish towns.

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“They were ready to be superseded on their sites at the end⟳ of the seventeeth century by what we call⟳ the "Dutch Billy" houses.”

“The term Dutch Billy refers to gable-fronted houses built in the late 17th and early 18th centuries – not just in Dublin, but also Cork, Drogheda, Limerick and Waterford – by waves of Huguenot and Quaker immigrants as well as tradesmen from Britain.”

“With the adoption of brick earlier in the century, "Dutch billies" became the common house-type, with gable-fronted facades, cruciform roof ridges, shallow windows without sashes, tight stairwells, small halls and floor-to-ceiling panelling, more elaborate houses displaying curved or stepped front gables.”

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