Courtyard house

[5] Courtyard houses consisting of multiple separate residences have been built in many regions and eras, including the earliest Chinese dynasties and the Inca period.

Another type of courtyard house was built by the landowners in England in the late Middle Ages and the Tudor period.

Examples include in the late Tudor and early Stuart period a transition occurred to more compactly planned and symmetrical layouts.

They consist of living rooms built into four tall brick walls, surrounding a courtyard filled with fruit trees, vegetables, herbs and flowers.

In the centre of the courtyard, a raised metal platform with a table on top of it, known as a karavot or so'ri, is used for conversation and eating.

In rural villages of India, such as Andhra Pradesh these Courtyard houses are termed as Manduva Logili Illulu, and in Kerala they are called as Nalukettu.

Courtyard houses built in ancient India are based upon vastu shastra, propounded in mythology by Maya Danava.