A townhouse, townhome, town house, or town home, is a type of terraced housing. A modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors. In a different British usage, the term originally referred to any type of city residence of someone whose main or largest residence was a country house.
Townhouses in Tribeca, Manhattan
Townhouses in Zurenborg, Antwerp (Belgium), an area that features a high concentration of townhouses in Art Nouveau and other fin-de-siècle styles.
Townhouses in Malminkartano, Helsinki, Finland
Townhouses in Beacon Hill, Boston
A terrace, terraced house (UK), or townhouse (US) is a kind of medium-density housing that first started in 16th century Europe with a row of joined houses sharing side walls. In the United States and Canada these are sometimes known as row houses or row homes.
East side of the Place des Vosges in Paris, one of the earliest examples of terraced housing
Vicars' Close, Wells, built 1348–1430
Rows of terraced houses in Middle Park, Melbourne
Terraced housing in Glebe, Sydney