Ranch (house)

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This article is about a type of house. For other meanings see Ranch (disambiguation).

Ranch is a common term used to describe a single story house often built with a very horizontal appearance. The entrance is often low to the surrounding grade of land, although some with basements have a more elevated entrance and are called "raised ranches". They are occasionally surrounded by large amounts of land, but in the second half of the 20th century it was commonly used as a style in tract developements.

Ranch style houses are preferred by some who don't want to climb stairs.

It is also used to describe the house used by a rancher located on a ranch that is used for ranching.