coach house

noun

1. a small building, usually part of an estate or adjacent to a main house, used for housingcoaches, carriages, and other vehicles.

coach house

noun

1. a building in which a coach is kept
2. Also calledcoaching housecoaching inn history an inn along a coaching route at which horses were changed

Word History and Origins

Origin of coach house¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

It is described by the estate agent as a historic rectory and coach house in several acres of semi-moated gardens.

From BBC

The three-bedroom property, a former coach house, is set in the grounds of a ruined mansion and overlooks an 18th Century country park including 40 acres of woodland.

From BBC

Beside the main residence, the estate has a detached coach house with a home theater on the first floor and a studio apartment on the second.

From Washington Post

The Victorian dovecote in the eaves of the coach house may even remain home to the family of jackdaws now living there.

From New York Times

It also asks for a new electrical supply cabinet, new doors on the coach house and blacksmith's shop, a new roof for the dairy and work to the staircase.

From BBC