What should we name our house?

[MuddyWellyNelly]

Literally don't know where to start!

Building a new house in a field in the countryside. Our plot is long and thin so all I can come up with is Long Meadow. There is nothing growing on the plot itself, Beech trees across the road. House will be fairly large so I don't think anything "Cottage". We will have a barn for horses too.

Hit me with your best ideas. All and any welcome .

We named our house after something we saw on our honeymoon.

It later became the name of a Disney character and now everyone assumes we named the house after the film

Shieling is an interesting one....

wheeleycoat You don't happen to have a PO1 postcode do you ?it could be the same 'Wits End'..

..might be PO5 actually

Beechbrae
Beech Croft
The But’n’Ben
Naeview (that was the name of the house I lived in aged 5).

My actual practical advice would be to drive around the village and check out the other names.

Our village has The Thatch & Thatched Cottage, several versions of oak trees, chestnuts and cherry tree/cherry trees.

There are a couple of Casa's which I'm not personally keen on and some daft combinations of names "Margray" and "Dorwill" spring to mind.

Just heading out for a bit. Will log back on later as this is more fun than choosing what windows to use....

Is it a happy, family home?
If so, I once came across the word plaistowes, which apparently means a place to play in Anglo Saxon (or something very old), and thought it would be a great name for a house.

Developers sometimes look at the church link, if it’s in a parish they’ll look at previous names relating to the parish or look to local wildlife, flowers for example if there are lots of hares/rabbits they look might choose Leverett House, Warren House, Bluebell. You get the idea.

You can't do Longmeadow because it's Monty Don's garden. People will always assume you named it after his, even if you didn't.

Fuck. This is even worse than baby names. What a nightmare

Any landmarks or features nearby OP? Trees, hills, lakes, etc?

The Steadings
Steading means old farm

We live rurally in a new house surrounded by fields and named ours after a mountain in Tibet because it holds a special significance for DH.
Is there a special place that holds meaning for either of you OP?

If you have horses, The Paddock(s) is always a possibility?

Land at the east of .... = Eastland

Or Eastland House

Here's a link to the National Library of Scotland they have many different ages and types of old maps of Scotland, find your location and see if there are any interesting names nearby.
maps.nls.uk/

I tried the house naming link and it came up with 'Dog Lodge'!

I’d get old ordnance survey maps - Victorian ones - to see if there are any historic names for the area.

I've always wanted to live in a house with a name. I wanted to name this one, it only has a number but lots of other houses in the same road have names.

I asked my youngest what he thought. He suggested...

"Dawn of human end"

Clearly I'm not naming my house that...but I can't think of anything else now...

My house is the same name as another 3 cottages in the village. We gave a great postie so he knows who is who. So do ensure that there is no other house the same name!

I like beech view

Susan

The Brambles

I was trying to say what Starlings said but don't think I was very clear. Try to avoid duplicates/similarities.

I know someone who lives at Higgin's Piece. No idea of the history, but I've always liked the name.

All the houses where we are have names. Mainly a variation on the name of the area (think tilder cottage, tilder farm etc) and are therefore similar. We get a lot of misdirected post, even though there are only 5 houses.

Agree it's worth checking other houses named in your postcode.

I would love to name a house.