Thanks to all who helped expand my vocabulary, especially including the
picture.
So a council house is essentially subsidized low income housing. A council
estate is what we would call a housing project. And terraced houses are what we
call row houses. If they are one story, we call them patio homes.
I just found a new one, a poker-worked sign (on wood). I assume it means
wood-burning. Fashionable for rustic house signs and decorated woodenware.

In the mystery series I'm reading, the couple who reside in the council house
are poor, elderly, obnoxious, and accomplished schnorrers. A schnorrer is
somebody who asks for a favor or handout with the assumption it is something he
is entitled to.
Iris

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