Grammar: Appletree cottage or Apple Tree cottage ?

[DippedHeadlights]

Friend of mine is about the have some signs made for his new house.
There is a lot of debate regarding the name apple tree and if it should be one or two words. Opinion seems to be 50/50.
The property will be called Apple tree cottage (or Appletree cottage) as there is an apple tree in the front garden.
This is pretty important as it is in a rural area so it will be the legal name of the property and will show up on postcode searches etc (it's not a vanity thing where it is really 47 Acacia Avenue !)

Local council have asked him to confirm details and sign writer is ready so I said I would ask the giant brain that is this forum which is correct - appletree or apple tree ?

DH

[daveco]

Either!

[Vipers]

Absolutely no idea, but my road is BOURTREE not BOUR TREE, doesn't help I suppose

[northwest monkey]

Depends what he wants it to say really. A friend of mine lives on Cherrytree Lane, whereas I live in a house called Cherry Tree.

Didn't Bananaman live in Acacia Avenue?

[Famous Graham]

It's a name, so it doesn't matter. Pick one (though "Apple Tree Cottage" does look a bit odd).

[Dr_Gonzo]

Either. This guesthouse for exmaples uses appletree: http://appletreehouse.org.uk/

Whereas this company uses Apple Tree: http://www.appletreeuk.co.uk/menus/main.asp

So the answer is, what ever he thinks looks better!

[maix27]

I suppose if you leave it as 'Apple Tree Cottage' there may be some confision as to whether you have a cottage in a Tree.

[SGirl]

It's a matter of preference. Either is correct, depending on how he prefers to have it.

[Heskey]

I'd take Appletree - Looks better as two words instead of three.

[DippedHeadlights]

Thanks for the replies, yes I also thing Appletree looks better. He is a scientist and initially suggested the correct term should be

x = (apple tree) cottage

but this was at the pub after a few drinks... and so we told him not to be so silly.

The English teacher at his sons school says it should be Apple tree cottage. (Only first letter capitalised).

The local postie say he doesn't care as it is sorted for him by postcode and he would just look at the apple bit.

DH

[GKP]

58. Just call it 58.

[MikeyT]

Appletree Cottage ... looks best to me.

[Martin Mac]

Nope, it's got to be Apple Tree Cottage for me, I'm afraid.

You'reall wrong.

[Anti Macassar]

I'm voting for Apple Tree Cottage (Appletree sounds like there isn't really an apple tree)

[Balmoral Green]

As it happens, I had a call at an Appletree cottage yesterday afternoon. It was a terraced house right on the pavement on a busy main road with trucks thundering by

[4sure]

dunroamin or dun roamin ?

[Dogwatch]

Don't think it matters one way or the other.

There's a road locally where even the street signs can't agree whether it is called Greenacres or Green Acres.

[Simpo Two]

Tree Cottage. Then when the apple tree dies you can replace it with anything you like

[Anti Macassar]

Simpo Two said:

Tree Cottage. Then when the apple tree dies you can replace it with anything you like

I like that. It sounds less 'twee'

[DippedHeadlights]

It really is a little cottage in the middle of the countryside in what was once a big apple orchard but one tree remains (hence tree rather than trees !) so the name does fit. The apple tree is also about the only part visible from the road so there is a sort of location clue - that's what indicates it should be the "more factual" Apple tree cottage rather than the better looking Appletree cottage which suffers from perhaps appearing a bit made up !

DH