. The climate of a country is one o

. The climate of a country is one of the factors that in­fluence the style of its architecture. It can be best illus­trated by British residential buildings. The weather in England is often cloudy and there are few sunny days in the winter season, therefore, as a rule, the windows in an English house are of a large size to catch as much light and sunshine as possible. In the houses built in the past century the windows, besides being large, opened up­wards, which is very convenient on windy days.

. Since there is much rain in England, typical British houses have high, steep roofs where rain water and melt­ing snow can easily flow down.

. Most of the houses have a fireplace which forms the most characteristic feature of an English home and is seldom seen in other European countries.

. The plan of an English house also differs from that of the houses where we live. English architects plan some apartments vertically instead of planning them horizon­tally, so that an English family having a separate apart­ment lives on two or sometimes three floors with rooms connected with a narrow staircase. They find it the most convenient style of apartment.There are usually three rooms in each apartment besides a kitchen and a bath­room: a living room, a bedroom and a dining room.