1569 in J. P. Earwaker (1884) 35 The haybarne and two bayes of the turfehowse next the halle.
1789 J. Wesley 26 May (1916) VII. 502 Part of them [sc. his congregation] were sheltered by a spacious turf-house, and the rest little regarded the rain.
1967 H. Harrison (1968) v. 50 Smoke still drifted down from the chimney hole of the squat, turf house.