noun
dilapidated house; hovel; miserable shack
Rare term for a run-down, tumbledown house or shack. Compare with the more common あばら屋.
See also: あばら屋
その村のはずれに古い荒れ屋が一軒だけ残っていた。
Only one old dilapidated house remained on the outskirts of the village.
More common synonym for a dilapidated house; 荒れ屋 is a rarer variant.
Compound of 荒れ (are, 'rough, dilapidated') + 屋 (ya, 'house').