country houses
Wealthy pastoral residences
Country houses are large, grand residences in rural settings, typically associated with wealthy or aristocratic families.
The term implies substantial grounds and often historical or architectural significance: The estate included a Georgian country house with forty rooms.
In British usage especially, country houses represent a tradition of landed gentry retreating from city life to ancestral properties.
- stately homesGrand historic residences
- villasLarge country residences
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- chateauFrench country mansion
- estateProperty and grounds
gamekeeper · hunting party · gatehouse · folly · castle · historic estates · grand staircase · farmhouses · carriage house · parkland · orangery · drawing room · ballroom · below stairs · formal gardens · walled garden · aristocracy · dovecote
- British Pastimespub quiz, cricket matches, darts, cricket, bowls
- high societygossip, socialites, socialite, aristocrats, aristocrat
- Edwardian BritainEdward VII, Queen Victoria, servants, butlers, footmen
- English travelstagecoach, coaching inns, grand tour, turnpikes, travel diaries
- Victorian ArchitectureVictorian architecture, Victorian, Victorian style, Queen Anne, Italianate
- Renaissance ArchitectureBrunelleschi, Michelangelo, dome, cupola, loggia
country housestown houses
Attached multi-story residences
urban apartments · suburban homes · urban lofts · pied-à-terre
country housestenements
Overcrowded urban dwellings
bedsits · council flats · hovels · shacks · workers' housing
country houseshigh-rise apartments
Multi-story residential buildings
tower blocks · apartment blocks · housing projects · tenement buildings · apartment buildings
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