The earliest dwellings in Japan used an open fire hearth for cooking.

Some other early dwellings were built of tar paper or local rocks.

The houses were mostly timber near the roadside, early dwellings of some three or perhaps four decades.

Bathealton Court is a country house, dating from around 1766, but probably incorporating earlier dwelling.

It is believed to have been built on the foundations of an earlier dwelling built in 1704.

The coursed stone foundation may be the remains of an earlier dwelling and date to about 1684.

The current structure incorporated an earlier dwelling built before 1833.

The early dwellings were usually earth houses with reed roofs.

Additions were made to the early simple dwellings as families grew and more living space was required.

During excavations in the mid 1960s, fragments of the earlier dwelling were discovered.