Hexagon Houses

Here at Chimni we are happy to admit that very little about this page makes sense. That is not to say it is not important. The characteristic of being hexagon shaped is not necessarily one that has had an important impact on the history of housing development. It is also a difficult category to break down into sub-groups although many of them do fall into the slightly broad category of Homes Of The Future and quite a few also appear in the Moving Or Floating Homes category. For our Wiki we have adopted that 'round' and 'circular' has the same meaning, while spherical should speak for itself.

Octagon Houses[edit]

There is little rhyme or reason to this selection

'A La Ronde' Exmouth, Devon built by Mary and Jane Parminter in 1798. It's central octagon shape was modelled on the basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy
The Round House, Framlingham, Suffolk was the Town windmill before losing its top. Notable for not actually being ‘round’.
The Grade II listed Round Houses of Easton, Suffolk were built by the 12th Duke of Hamilton in circa 1890 as Four almost identical ornamental estate cottages as part of their ‘model village’ at Easton.
The Dutch Cottage at Rayleigh, Essex built in 1772
Octagon Cottage 1805 by Joseph Gandy
The Grade I listed Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire.
’The Octagon’, Budleigh Salterton, listed Grade II, where Sir John Everett Millais painted 'The Boyhood of Raleigh' whilst staying in 1870