garden apartmentn.
/ˈɡɑːdn əˌpɑːtm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈɡɑrd(ə)n əˌpɑrtm(ə)nt/, /ˌɡɑrd(ə)n əˈpɑrtm(ə)nt/ 1. A self-contained living unit, either within or detached from a principal dwelling; a summer house. Also: a room or set of rooms opening on to or situated close to a garden. Cf. garden suite n. 2. Now somewhat rare.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > outhouse(s) > [noun] > building or house in garden
summer house1519
garden house1535
kiosk1625
summer room1625
sunny chamber1641
shadow-house1649
garden apartment1751
root house1755
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > others
garden room1619
tablinum1715
garden apartment1751
piazza1773
turret-room1803
shed-room1843
hall-room1859
return room1869
mid-place1871
stoep-room1880
sun space1907
1751 Earl of Orrery tr. Pliny the Younger Lett. (Dublin ed.) I. ii. xvii. 153 At the end of the terrace, adjoining to the gallery, is a little garden-apartment [L. diaeta], which I own is my delight.
1764 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 176/1 He..locked him up in his garden apartment, telling him, that as soon as it was night, he would provide for his escape to a place of more safety.
1841 Fraser's Mag. June 655/2 He..disturbed the lodgers in the garden apartments by his ‘ring, ting, ting’ at half-past one in the morning.
1893 E. Chennells Recoll. Egyptian Princess (new ed.) xvii. 191 We who slept in the front rooms..decided..that these..[bugs]..were to be ascribed to the bed in the garden apartment being placed in a recess with wooden supporters under it.
1910 D. C. Calthrop Charm Gardens (1911) ii. i. 75 It would appear..that the building of garden apartments, or summer-houses, is a lost art.
1944 Pop. Mech. Mag. Oct. 41/1 The [portable] homes are popular as garden apartments and vacation shacks.
2. North American. An apartment in a low-rise apartment complex with landscaped gardens or lawns. Often attributive as garden apartment complex, garden apartment development, etc.
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1913 Archit. Rec. Dec. 521 (heading) The garden apartments of California.
1923 Buildings & Building Managem. 23 July 23/2 These new features have already been put into effect in the garden apartment development at Jackson Heights.
1973 Changing Times Mar. 25/2 Attractive garden apartment complexes in suburban and rural settings.
1983 P. Fussell Class vi. 138 There's a large acreage which has somehow escaped having ‘garden apartments’ built all over it.
2014 E. Glickman Introd. Real Estate Finance i. 1 In more densely populated areas, multifamily development centers on apartment house complexes instead of garden apartments.
3. North American. A basement or ground-floor unit in an apartment building, typically with access to a garden or lawn; = garden flat n. at garden n. Compounds 7.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > flat or apartment > type of
studio flat1882
studio apartment1884
mansard1886
penthouse1892
single end1897
walk-up1907
railroad flat1908
simplex1912
service flat1913
studio1918
kitchenette1920
duplex1922
garden flat1922
flatlet1925
show flat1929
quadruplex1939
council flat1941
garden apartment1942
walk-back1945
multilevel1959
tower apartment1961
condominium1962
triplex1962
condo1984
1942 Amer. Mag. Aug. 118/1 Anne! Jeff and I are just moving into the garden apartment. We're neighbors again!
1993 T. Mikotowicz Oliver Smith 132 The story concerns four sets of people who..occupy a fashionable cooperative garden apartment in a Manhattan brownstone.
2013 K. McMasters in J. Waldman Still Same Hawk 29 The ad had called it a ‘one-bedroom garden apartment’, although..I knew a converted basement when I saw one.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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